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Jamari Jemison (he/him/his)

Jamari Jemison (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Elizabeth desRanleau (she/her/hers)

Elizabeth desRanleau (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Angela Nan (she/her/hers)

Angela Nan (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Laurel Kastner (she/her/hers)

Laurel Kastner (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Maggie Pan

Maggie Pan

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Rotations:

  • Ahmed Diab

Cancer immunotherapy, gene regulation of tumor microenvironment, image-based high throughput gene screening of cancer development and immune regulation, gene therapy.


Cancer immunotherapy, gene regulation of tumor microenvironment, image-based high throughput gene screening of cancer development and immune regulation, gene therapy.

Daniel Shapiro

Daniel Shapiro

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Christopher Hunter
  • Frederick Christian Bennett

Rotations:

  • Christopher Hunter
  • Frederick Christian Bennett
  • Beverly Davidson

Jerrianne Brandly (she/her/hers)

Jerrianne Brandly (she/her/hers)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Klaus Hopster

Rotations:

  • Klaus Hopster
  • Edward Morrisey
  • Thomas Schaer
  • Andrew Vaughan

pulmonary mechanics, mechanisms of lung injury and regeneration, pulmonary disease, cardiovascular physiology and disease, endothelium


pulmonary mechanics, mechanisms of lung injury and regeneration, pulmonary disease, cardiovascular physiology and disease, endothelium

Annie Liang (she/her/hers)

Annie Liang (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Zoltan Arany

Rotations:

  • Zoltan Arany
  • Rajan Jain

gene regulation and metabolic derangements in cardiovascular diseases


gene regulation and metabolic derangements in cardiovascular diseases

Elisabeth Lemmon

Elisabeth Lemmon

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: VMD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Rotations:

  • Robert Mauck

Annie Yauch

Annie Yauch

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: VMD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Rotations:

  • Kenneth Margulies

Chelsey Chen (she/her)

Chelsey Chen (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Rotations:

  • Carl June
  • Ben Stanger

Kristi Zoga

Kristi Zoga

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Yana Kamberov

Rotations:

  • Maria Basil
  • Yana Kamberov
  • Nicole Marino

Tiffany Zhou (she/her/hers)

Tiffany Zhou (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Joseph Zackular

Rotations:

  • Elizabeth Grice
  • Boris Striepen
  • Joseph Zackular

microbial pathogenesis, bacteriology, infectious disease, host-pathogen interactions


microbial pathogenesis, bacteriology, infectious disease, host-pathogen interactions

Yaohao Zhang (he/him/his)

Yaohao Zhang (he/him/his)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Zhaolan Zhou

Rotations:

  • Michael Gandal
  • Kai Wang
  • Zhaolan Zhou

gene regulation, histone modifications and DNA methylation/demethylation


gene regulation, histone modifications and DNA methylation/demethylation

Sidney Oliver (she/her/hers)

Sidney Oliver (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • David Feldser

Rotations:

  • David Feldser
  • Andy Minn
  • Dana Silverbush

Immunotherapy, target discovery, functional genomics, cancer therapeutics, biologics, targeted protein degradation, oncology, pharmacology


Immunotherapy, target discovery, functional genomics, cancer therapeutics, biologics, targeted protein degradation, oncology, pharmacology

Delaney Rutherford (she/her/hers)

Delaney Rutherford (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Kiran Musunuru

Rotations:

  • Kahlilia Blanco
  • Kiran Musunuru
  • Xiao Wang

Genetic affects in Alzheimer's diseases and dementia


Genetic affects in Alzheimer's diseases and dementia

Brandon Satz-Jacobowitz (he/him/his)

Brandon Satz-Jacobowitz (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Rotations:

  • Rajan Jain
  • Mary Mullins

Cell signaling, development, TGF-β and BMP pathways, skeletal development, cardiovascular development, rare diseases


Cell signaling, development, TGF-β and BMP pathways, skeletal development, cardiovascular development, rare diseases

Chloe Leff (she/her/hers)

Chloe Leff (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Christopher Ellebrecht

Rotations:

  • Christopher Ellebrecht
  • Saba Ghassemi
  • Daniel Powell

Immune engineering, cancer immunology, CAR-T, genetic engineering, virology and vector engineering


Immune engineering, cancer immunology, CAR-T, genetic engineering, virology and vector engineering

Razan Sweileh (she/her/hers)

Razan Sweileh (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Norbert Pardi

Rotations:

  • Caroline Diorio
  • Amelia Escolano
  • Norbert Pardi

Gene therapy, genome editing, CRISPR technology, cancer immunotherapy (CAR-T), mRNA therapeutics, T-cell immunology


Gene therapy, genome editing, CRISPR technology, cancer immunotherapy (CAR-T), mRNA therapeutics, T-cell immunology

Martina Markovska (she/her/hers)

Martina Markovska (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Vikram Paralkar

Rotations:

  • Will Bailis
  • Zev Binder
  • Saba Ghassemi
  • Vikram Paralkar

Immunology, immunotherapy, gene therapy, cancer, adoptive cell therapies, CAR therapy, epigenetic (dis)regulation in adoptive therapies and cancer


Immunology, immunotherapy, gene therapy, cancer, adoptive cell therapies, CAR therapy, epigenetic (dis)regulation in adoptive therapies and cancer

Mickey McCourt (he/him/his)

Mickey McCourt (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Michael Hart

Rotations:

  • Michael Granato
  • Michael Hart
  • Thomas Jongens

Neurodevelopmental risks for psychiatric disorders, transcriptomic and genomic profiling, microglia and synaptic function


Neurodevelopmental risks for psychiatric disorders, transcriptomic and genomic profiling, microglia and synaptic function

Avani Modak (she/her/hers)

Avani Modak (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Mary Mullins

Rotations:

  • Andrew Modzelewski
  • Mary Mullins
  • Priya Sivaramakrishnan

Development, gene regulation, cell fate specification


Development, gene regulation, cell fate specification

Marlene Probst (they/she)

Marlene Probst (they/she)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Rotations:

  • Mariko Bennett
  • Kimberly Christian
  • Kelly Jordan-Sciutto
  • Yuyan Cheng

Neuroimmunology, neurodegeneration, glia, gene therapy, infectious disease


Neuroimmunology, neurodegeneration, glia, gene therapy, infectious disease

Darby Oleksak

Darby Oleksak

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Jonathan Edwards

Rotations:

  • Joshua Dunaief
  • Jonathan Edwards
  • Krithika Lingappan

Innate immunity, translational research


Innate immunity, translational research

Rob Robino (he/him)

Rob Robino (he/him)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Saba Ghassemi

Rotations:

  • Frederick Christian Bennett
  • Mariko Bennett
  • Saba Ghassemi
  • Leyuan Ma
  • Noor Momin

chimeric antigen receptors, regulatory cell therapies, immune tolerance, autoimmunity, transplantation


chimeric antigen receptors, regulatory cell therapies, immune tolerance, autoimmunity, transplantation

Aisha Sallah (she/her)

Aisha Sallah (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Rotations:

  • Rachel Kember
  • Bogdan Pasaniuc
  • Sarah Tishkoff
  • Iain Mathieson

Bat-Ider Tumenbayar (he/him/his)

Bat-Ider Tumenbayar (he/him/his)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • David Merrick

Rotations:

  • Su Chin Heo
  • David Merrick
  • Liming Pei

Ashley Yang (she/her)

Ashley Yang (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Kathryn Wellen

Rotations:

  • Gregory Beatty
  • Christopher Ellebrecht
  • Kathryn Wellen

Cancer immunology, cancer metabolism, stress adaptation


Cancer immunology, cancer metabolism, stress adaptation

Grace Watterson

Grace Watterson

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko

Rotations:

  • Yi Fan
  • Sydney Shaffer
  • Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko

Cancer immunology, target discovery, tumor microenvironment, metastasis, cancer signaling, alternative splicing


Cancer immunology, target discovery, tumor microenvironment, metastasis, cancer signaling, alternative splicing

Amanda Versace (she/her)

Amanda Versace (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Robert Bowman

Rotations:

  • David Allman
  • Robert Bowman
  • Drew Weissman

Cancer immunology, cell communication and signaling, targeted therapies, novel applications of existing compounds


Cancer immunology, cell communication and signaling, targeted therapies, novel applications of existing compounds

Jared Lynch (he/him/his)

Jared Lynch (he/him/his)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Lan Lin

Rotations:

  • Kahlilia Blanco
  • Lan Lin
  • Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko

Noncoding RNA, RNA-based therapeutics, mitochondrial genetics and pathology


Noncoding RNA, RNA-based therapeutics, mitochondrial genetics and pathology

Dain Ruiz (he/him/his)

Dain Ruiz (he/him/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • David Feldser

Rotations:

  • Timour Baslan
  • David Feldser
  • Guilherme Nader

Cancer therapeutics, cancer immunology


Cancer therapeutics, cancer immunology

Valeria Sosa-Vega (she/her/hers)

Valeria Sosa-Vega (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Melissa Gilbert
  • Nancy Spinner

Rotations:

  • Montserrat Anguera
  • Priya Sivaramakrishnan
  • Nancy Spinner

Gene regulation, neurodegenerative diseases, effects in development, women's' health, rare genetic disorders, improving diagnostic techniques


Gene regulation, neurodegenerative diseases, effects in development, women's' health, rare genetic disorders, improving diagnostic techniques

Debby Park (she/her)

Debby Park (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Jonathan Miner

Rotations:

  • Michael Betts
  • Laurence Eisenlohr
  • Jonathan Miner

Virology, immunology, public health


Virology, immunology, public health

Alexa Mihaita (she/her)

Alexa Mihaita (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Igor Brodsky
  • Sunny Shin

Rotations:

  • Igor Brodsky
  • Sunny Shin
  • Joseph St Geme

Molecular and genetic mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions, host immune response, gut microbiome


Molecular and genetic mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions, host immune response, gut microbiome

Evelyn Martinez (she/her)

Evelyn Martinez (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Andrew Vaughan

Rotations:

  • Igor Brodsky
  • Michael Hogan
  • Andrew Vaughan

Microbial pathogenesis, bacteriology, virology, infectious disease


Microbial pathogenesis, bacteriology, virology, infectious disease

Shengyi (Saine) Lu

Shengyi (Saine) Lu

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Qin Li

Rotations:

  • Eric Joyce
  • Qin Li
  • Zhaolan Zhou

Neuropsychiatric disorders, neurodevelopmental diseases, cell biology


Neuropsychiatric disorders, neurodevelopmental diseases, cell biology

Alice Li (she/her/hers)

Alice Li (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Daniel Claiborne

Rotations:

  • Daniel Claiborne
  • Amelia Escolano
  • Michaela Locci

T-cell biology; CAR-T therapy in the context of cancer or infectious disease; immunology; bioengineering


T-cell biology; CAR-T therapy in the context of cancer or infectious disease; immunology; bioengineering

Lauren Questell (she/her)

Lauren Questell (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Manolis Roulis

Rotations:

  • Bryson Katona
  • Manolis Roulis
  • Michael Silverman

Host-microbiota interactions, autoimmunity, microbial ecology


Host-microbiota interactions, autoimmunity, microbial ecology

Robert Lewis (he/him/his)

Robert Lewis (he/him/his)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Beverly Davidson

Rotations:

  • Mariko Bennett
  • Beverly Davidson
  • Jonathan Edwards

Cell physiology, cell biology, disease mechanism, developmental disorders, pathology, cancer, cell signaling


Cell physiology, cell biology, disease mechanism, developmental disorders, pathology, cancer, cell signaling

Jason Lin (he/him/his)

Jason Lin (he/him/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Marco Ruella

Rotations:

  • Donita Brady
  • Marco Ruella
  • Celeste Simon

Cancer metabolism, tumor microenvironment, metastasis, and drug discovery


Cancer metabolism, tumor microenvironment, metastasis, and drug discovery

Sid Martin (he/his)

Sid Martin (he/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Parker Wilson
  • Celeste Simon

Rotations:

  • Will Bailis
  • Sydney Shaffer
  • Parker Wilson

Cancer metabolism, immunometabolism, bioengineering topics applied cancer biology


Cancer metabolism, immunometabolism, bioengineering topics applied cancer biology

Son Tran

Son Tran

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • David Merrick

Rotations:

  • Dennis Discher
  • Jessica Foster
  • David Merrick

Metabolism, cancer, signaling


Metabolism, cancer, signaling

Fangyi Wang (she/her/hers)

Fangyi Wang (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Alexander Huang

Rotations:

  • Christopher Ellebrecht
  • Alexander Huang
  • Marco Ruella

Cancer Immunotherapy, immunogenomics, genetic and epigenetic regulation of T Cell differentiation
gene therapy


Cancer Immunotherapy, immunogenomics, genetic and epigenetic regulation of T Cell differentiation
gene therapy

Georgia McClain (she/her/hers)

Georgia McClain (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Sara Cherry

Rotations:

  • Sara Cherry
  • Michael Hogan
  • Alexander Price

Host-pathogen interactions, viral RNA regulation, innate immunity


Host-pathogen interactions, viral RNA regulation, innate immunity

Mia Peifer (she/her)

Mia Peifer (she/her)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Erika Holzbaur
  • Thomas Jongens

Rotations:

  • Will Bailis
  • Erika Holzbaur
  • Thomas Jongens

Molecular mechanisms underlying metabolic and/or neurological diseases


Molecular mechanisms underlying metabolic and/or neurological diseases

Gabriela Cruz (she/her)

Gabriela Cruz (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Rotations:

  • Margaret Chou
  • Avery Posey
  • Daniel Powell

Cancer immunotherapy, CAR T cell therapy, cancer immunology


Cancer immunotherapy, CAR T cell therapy, cancer immunology

Ryan Lapointe (he/him/his)

Ryan Lapointe (he/him/his)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Michael Haney
  • Ophir Shalem

Rotations:

  • Michael Haney
  • Glennis Logsdon
  • Ophir Shalem

Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of the brain, specifically neurodegenerative, neurodevelopmental, and neuropsychiatric conditions


Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of the brain, specifically neurodegenerative, neurodevelopmental, and neuropsychiatric conditions

Caroline Bickerton (she/her/hers)

Caroline Bickerton (she/her/hers)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Naiara Aquizu Lopez

Rotations:

  • Naiara Aquizu Lopez
  • Judith Grinspan
  • Kelly Jordan-Sciutto
  • Damaris Lorenzo

rare disease, metabolism, neurological disease, neurodegeneration, organelle (dys)function, lipid trafficking


rare disease, metabolism, neurological disease, neurodegeneration, organelle (dys)function, lipid trafficking

Laura Gong (she/her)

Laura Gong (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Amelia Escolano

Rotations:

  • Amelia Escolano
  • Scott Hensley
  • Louise Moncla

Virology, immunology, host pathogen interactions, viral evolution


Virology, immunology, host pathogen interactions, viral evolution

Jessica Knapp (she/they)

Jessica Knapp (she/they)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Rotations:

  • Ziyue Gao
  • Glennis Logsdon
  • Sarah Tishkoff
  • Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas
  • Iain Mathieson

Human evolutionary genetics, especially population admixture and genetic variation between populations


Human evolutionary genetics, especially population admixture and genetic variation between populations

Priscilla Chan (she/her/hers)

Priscilla Chan (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Rotations:

  • Gregory Beatty
  • Ellen Puré
  • Celeste Simon
  • Robert Vonderheide

pancreatic cancer, tumor microenvironment, tumor-stroma interactions, fibroblasts


pancreatic cancer, tumor microenvironment, tumor-stroma interactions, fibroblasts

Theresa Clark (she/her/hers)

Theresa Clark (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Rotations:

  • Juan Alvarez
  • Peter Kurre
  • Marco Ruella
  • Bryson Katona

Regenerative biology, stem cells, gene therapy, organ development


Regenerative biology, stem cells, gene therapy, organ development

Taliyah Evans

Taliyah Evans

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Sydney Shaffer

Rotations:

  • Kara Bernstein
  • Sydney Shaffer
  • Dana Silverbush

Julia Hacker (she/her/hers)

Julia Hacker (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Kiran Musunuru
  • Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas

Rotations:

  • Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas
  • Zev Binder
  • Jacob Brenner
  • Kiran Musunuru

Seul Jung (she/her/hers)

Seul Jung (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Vijay Bhoj
  • Marco Ruella

Rotations:

  • Mohamad Gabriel Alameh
  • Vijay Bhoj
  • Marco Ruella

cell and gene therapy, gene editing, immunology, cancer immunotherapy


cell and gene therapy, gene editing, immunology, cancer immunotherapy

Connor Hogan

Connor Hogan

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Drew Weissman

Rotations:

  • Erica Korb
  • Panteleimon Rompolas
  • Drew Weissman

Laura Hutchins (she/her)

Laura Hutchins (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Michael Hogan

Rotations:

  • Michael Abt
  • Igor Brodsky
  • Michael Hogan

Maya English (she/her)

Maya English (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Project Title: Noncanonical mechanisms of neuronal lysophagy

Advisor(s):

  • Erika Holzbaur

Rotations:

  • Michael Granato
  • Erika Holzbaur
  • James Shorter

Kathleen Lee (she/her/hers)

Kathleen Lee (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • David Merrick

Rotations:

  • David Merrick
  • Andrew Vaughan
  • Kyle Vining

Regenerative medicine, extracellular matrix, stem cell biology


Regenerative medicine, extracellular matrix, stem cell biology

Sydney Dumont (she/her)

Sydney Dumont (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Zev Binder

Rotations:

  • Zev Binder
  • Saba Ghassemi
  • Donald O'Rourke
  • Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko

Cancer immunology, adoptive cell therapies, single-cell genomics, solid tumors, and the tumor microenvironment


Cancer immunology, adoptive cell therapies, single-cell genomics, solid tumors, and the tumor microenvironment

Kaya Epstein (they/she)

Kaya Epstein (they/she)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Daniel Powell

Rotations:

  • Carl June
  • Kara Maxwell
  • Nikolaos Sgourakis

Cancer signaling, targeted therapeutic development, protein engineering, CAR-T therapy/immune cell therapy


Cancer signaling, targeted therapeutic development, protein engineering, CAR-T therapy/immune cell therapy

Taylor Drake (she/her)

Taylor Drake (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Rotations:

  • Kara Bernstein
  • Irene Bertolini
  • Aime Franco
  • Katherine Nathanson

Breast & ovarian cancer, cell biology, signal transduction


Breast & ovarian cancer, cell biology, signal transduction

Savannah Knutson (she/her)

Savannah Knutson (she/her)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Sharlene Day

Rotations:

  • Sharlene Day
  • Tejvir Khurana
  • Sarah Tishkoff
  • Paul Titchenell

Jessalyn Grant-Bier (she/her/hers)

Jessalyn Grant-Bier (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Kiran Musunuru

Rotations:

  • Beverly Davidson
  • Lindsey George
  • Kiran Musunuru

Gene therapy, CRISPR, gene editing, epigenetics, molecular mechanisms of disease, repeat expansion disorders


Gene therapy, CRISPR, gene editing, epigenetics, molecular mechanisms of disease, repeat expansion disorders

Lynn Cai (she/her/hers)

Lynn Cai (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Rotations:

  • Michael Granato
  • Michael Haney
  • Yana Kamberov
  • Maria Basil

activation and regulation of immune system. autoimmunity. allergy. neuroimmunology.


activation and regulation of immune system. autoimmunity. allergy. neuroimmunology.

Thomas Campion

Thomas Campion

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Beverly Davidson

Rotations:

  • Defne Amado
  • Beverly Davidson
  • Kiran Musunuru

Gene therapy, gene editing, AAV, CRISPR, lipid nanoparticles, virus-like particles, neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, epilepsy


Gene therapy, gene editing, AAV, CRISPR, lipid nanoparticles, virus-like particles, neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, epilepsy

Christina Hong (she/her)

Christina Hong (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Adam Wolpaw

Rotations:

  • Timour Baslan
  • Crystal Conn
  • Adam Wolpaw

Cancer therapeutics, immunotherapy, genetics/genomics, gene editing, TME


Cancer therapeutics, immunotherapy, genetics/genomics, gene editing, TME

Madelyn Landis (she/her/hers)

Madelyn Landis (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Kathryn Wellen

Rotations:

  • Guilherme Nader
  • Celeste Simon
  • Kathryn Wellen

Cancer immunology, immune and cancer cell metabolism, tumor microenvironment, metastasis, tumor heterogeneity, immunotherapy response/resistance


Cancer immunology, immune and cancer cell metabolism, tumor microenvironment, metastasis, tumor heterogeneity, immunotherapy response/resistance

Phoebe Calkins (she/her/hers)

Phoebe Calkins (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Adam Wolpaw
  • Sydney Shaffer

Rotations:

  • Nicola Mason
  • Ellen Puré
  • Sydney Shaffer
  • Adam Wolpaw

Cancer immunotherapies


Cancer immunotherapies

Grace Bukowski-Thall (she/her)

Grace Bukowski-Thall (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Rotations:

  • Frederic Bushman
  • Elizabeth Grice
  • Erica Korb
  • Paul Planet

microbiome, virome, gene regulation, host-microbe interactions


microbiome, virome, gene regulation, host-microbe interactions

Melissa Güereca (she/her/hers)

Melissa Güereca (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Alexander Price

Rotations:

  • Sara Cherry
  • Alexander Price
  • Italo Tempera

Viral pathogenesis, immune evasion, viral evolution


Viral pathogenesis, immune evasion, viral evolution

Anne Marie Berry (she/her/hers)

Anne Marie Berry (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Peter Quinn

Rotations:

  • Kiran Musunuru
  • Peter Quinn
  • Katherine Uyhazi

Genetics of rare diseases, gene therapy, novel therapies for genetic disease


Genetics of rare diseases, gene therapy, novel therapies for genetic disease

Ashley Anderson (she/her/hers)

Ashley Anderson (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Brian Capell

Rotations:

  • Kara Bernstein
  • Brian Capell
  • Sydney Shaffer

genetic and molecular mechanisms of cancer, target and drug discovery


genetic and molecular mechanisms of cancer, target and drug discovery

Mary Bergwell (she/they)

Mary Bergwell (she/they)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Rotations:

  • Kahlilia Blanco
  • Rachel Kember
  • Erica Korb
  • Roberto Bonasio

Gene Expression, Transcriptional Regulation, Chromatin Remodelers, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Epigenome Engineering, Neuroepigenetics


Gene Expression, Transcriptional Regulation, Chromatin Remodelers, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Epigenome Engineering, Neuroepigenetics

Meredith Arterburn (she/her/hers)

Meredith Arterburn (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Robert Bowman

Rotations:

  • Robert Bowman
  • Lewis Chodosh
  • Vikram Paralkar

Saron Akalu (she/her)

Saron Akalu (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Glennis Logsdon
  • Sarah Tishkoff

Rotations:

  • Glennis Logsdon
  • Sarah Tishkoff
  • Ben Voight

population genetics, human evolution, characterizing population history/diversity, local adaptation, genomic evolution


population genetics, human evolution, characterizing population history/diversity, local adaptation, genomic evolution

Katelyn Amero (she/her/hers)

Katelyn Amero (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Joseph St Geme

Rotations:

  • Scott Hensley
  • Paul Planet
  • Joseph St Geme

Infectious disease, antibiotic resistance, host-pathogen interactions, bacteriophages/prophages, molecular microbiology, genomics


Infectious disease, antibiotic resistance, host-pathogen interactions, bacteriophages/prophages, molecular microbiology, genomics

Rolf Dale Bates (he/him/his)

Rolf Dale Bates (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Chris Thom

Rotations:

  • Mohamad Gabriel Alameh
  • Marisa Bartolomei
  • Chris Thom

Stem cells, organoids, neurodevelopment, translational research


Stem cells, organoids, neurodevelopment, translational research

Justin Berg (he/him)

Justin Berg (he/him)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Zoltan Arany
  • Celeste Simon

Rotations:

  • Zoltan Arany
  • Joe Baur
  • Celeste Simon

metabolism and bioenergetics, mitochondria, environmental health and xenobiotics, sustainable research practices


metabolism and bioenergetics, mitochondria, environmental health and xenobiotics, sustainable research practices

Lucille Wang (she/her/hers)

Lucille Wang (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Vikram Paralkar

Rotations:

  • Jonathan Miner
  • Vikram Paralkar
  • Katherine Uyhazi

stem cell, cancer biology, cell plasticity, regeneration


stem cell, cancer biology, cell plasticity, regeneration

Divyansi Pandey

Divyansi Pandey

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • David Hill

Rotations:

  • Malay Haldar
  • David Hill
  • Guilherme Nader

Emily Cha (she/her/hers)

Emily Cha (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Rotations:

  • Alice Chen-Plotkin
  • Judith Grinspan
  • Kelly Jordan-Sciutto
  • Guo-Li Ming
  • Yuanquan Song

neurodegenerative disorders, protein aggregates in the brain, oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelin loss.


neurodegenerative disorders, protein aggregates in the brain, oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelin loss.

Michelle Onyekaba

Michelle Onyekaba

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Gerd Blobel

Rotations:

  • Gerd Blobel

Josephine Thrasher (she/her/hers)

Josephine Thrasher (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Rotations:

  • Ana Cristancho

Jailene Paredes Casado

Jailene Paredes Casado

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Rotations:

  • Harvey Friedman

Isabella Panse

Isabella Panse

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Rotations:

  • Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas

Hiep Tai (Tai) Nguyen

Hiep Tai (Tai) Nguyen

Cancer Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Rotations:

  • Roger Greenberg

Quinlen Marshall

Quinlen Marshall

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Rotations:

  • Rahul Kohli

Chase Chen

Chase Chen

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Brian Capell

Diana Abraham

Diana Abraham

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Rotations:

  • Mariko Bennett

Leonie Kurzlechner

Leonie Kurzlechner

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Rotations:

  • Sharlene Day

Roxanne Perez-Tremble (she/her/hers)

Roxanne Perez-Tremble (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Drew Weissman

Rotations:

  • Jessica Foster
  • Kiran Musunuru
  • Norbert Pardi
  • Drew Weissman

Sarina Smith (she/her/hers)

Sarina Smith (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

  • Defne Amado

Rotations:

  • Defne Amado
  • Greg Bashaw
  • Benjamin Prosser

neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, rare disease, gene therapy, therapeutic development


neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, rare disease, gene therapy, therapeutic development

Benjamin Smood

Benjamin Smood

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Katsuhide Maeda

Nelida Robles Ramirez

Nelida Robles Ramirez

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Ken Cadwell

Rotations:

  • Ken Cadwell
  • Igor Brodsky
  • Boris Striepen

Rachel Welles (she/her)

Rachel Welles (she/her)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Michael Marks

Rotations:

  • Melike Lakadamyali
  • George Burslem
  • Michael Marks

Max Wadley (he/him/his)

Max Wadley (he/him/his)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Matthew Good

Rotations:

  • Roderick O'Connor
  • Matthew Good
  • Donita Brady

Anna Thickens

Anna Thickens

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Gregory Beatty

Rotations:

  • Crystal Conn
  • Yi Fan
  • Gregory Beatty

Ananya Talikoti (she/her/hers)

Ananya Talikoti (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Kiran Musunuru

Rotations:

  • Kiran Musunuru
  • Beverly Davidson
  • Junwei Shi
  • Rahul Kohli

Kaitlyn Toy

Kaitlyn Toy

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • George Burslem

Rotations:

  • Liling Wan
  • George Burslem
  • Roger Greenberg

Nehalee Surve (she/her/hers)

Nehalee Surve (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Adeline Vanderver

Rotations:

  • Matthew Weitzman
  • Jonathan Miner
  • Adeline Vanderver

Lauren Olenick (she/her/hers)

Lauren Olenick (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Michael Hogan

Rotations:

  • Kyla Ortved
  • Hansell Stedman
  • Lindsey George
  • Michael Hogan

Shirley Sun

Shirley Sun

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Carl June
  • Nikolaos Sgourakis

Rotations:

  • Nikolaos Sgourakis
  • Carl June
  • Robert Vonderheide

Kevin Newcombe (he/him/his)

Kevin Newcombe (he/him/his)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Katharine Bar
  • Kiran Musunuru

Rotations:

  • Kiran Musunuru
  • Daniel Claiborne
  • Michael Betts
  • Katharine Bar

Kim Manning (she/her/hers)

Kim Manning (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Ahmed Diab

Rotations:

  • Liling Wan
  • Ahmed Diab
  • Elizabeth White

Alyssa Moore (she/her/hers)

Alyssa Moore (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Brian Capell

Rotations:

  • Kahlilia Blanco
  • Brian Capell
  • Liling Wan

Clara Malekshahi (she/her/hers)

Clara Malekshahi (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Louise Moncla

Rotations:

  • Scott Hensley
  • Sarah Tishkoff
  • Louise Moncla

Kendall Lundgreen

Kendall Lundgreen

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Norbert Pardi
  • Michael Hogan

Rotations:

  • Laurence Eisenlohr
  • Norbert Pardi
  • Michael Hogan

Connor Hennessey (he/him)

Connor Hennessey (he/him)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Sydney Shaffer

Rotations:

  • Adam Wolpaw
  • Sydney Shaffer
  • Timour Baslan

Sang Yub (Kevin) Kim (he/him/his)

Sang Yub (Kevin) Kim (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Thomas Leung

Rotations:

  • Thomas Leung
  • Foteini Mourkioti
  • Panteleimon Rompolas

Savana Hadjipanteli (she/her/hers)

Savana Hadjipanteli (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Glennis Logsdon

Rotations:

  • Marisa Bartolomei
  • Colin Conine
  • Lan Lin
  • Glennis Logsdon

Beatriz Goncalves (she/her)

Beatriz Goncalves (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Ma Leyuan

Rotations:

  • Xiaowei Xu
  • Daniel Powell
  • Leyuan Ma

Tessa Fitch (she/her)

Tessa Fitch (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Greg Bashaw

Rotations:

  • Erika Holzbaur
  • Greg Bashaw
  • Natali Chanaday

Ryan Gaspar (he/him)

Ryan Gaspar (he/him)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Joe Baur

Rotations:

  • Zoltan Arany
  • Joe Baur
  • Liming Pei

Noah Ford

Noah Ford

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Roderick O'Connor
  • Shelley Berger

Rotations:

  • Roderick O'Connor
  • Kathryn Wellen
  • Andy Minn

Jack Dowling (he/him/his)

Jack Dowling (he/him/his)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Matthew Weitzman

Rotations:

  • Paul Lieberman
  • Matthew Weitzman
  • Amit Bar-Or

Dominique Doyle (she/her/hers)

Dominique Doyle (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Maria Basil

Rotations:

  • Jarod Zepp
  • Maria Basil
  • Rajan Jain

Tanis Dorwart (she/her)

Tanis Dorwart (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Kara Bernstein

Rotations:

  • Kara Bernstein
  • Christopher Lengner
  • Xiaolu Yang

Vivian Zhong (she/her/hers)

Vivian Zhong (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Amita Sehgal

Rotations:

  • Fanxin Long
  • Edward Morrisey
  • Amita Sehgal

Isabel Vargas (she/her/hers)

Isabel Vargas (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Ken Cadwell

Rotations:

  • Paul Planet
  • Sunny Shin
  • Ken Cadwell

Joe Tandurella (he/him/his)

Joe Tandurella (he/him/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • John Wherry
  • Caroline Bartman

Rotations:

  • John Wherry
  • Caroline Bartman
  • Derek Oldridge

Madison Sangster (she/her/hers)

Madison Sangster (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Mariko Bennett

Rotations:

  • Daniel Kulp
  • Naiara Aquizu Lopez
  • Mariko Bennett

Morgan Rameau (she/her/hers)

Morgan Rameau (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Eugene Khandros

Rotations:

  • Sharlene Day
  • Eugene Khandros
  • Chris Thom

Guillermo Pereda (he/him/his)

Guillermo Pereda (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Patrick Seale

Rotations:

  • Foteini Mourkioti
  • Fanxin Long
  • Patrick Seale

Diego Jimenez (he/him/his)

Diego Jimenez (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Greg Bashaw

Rotations:

  • Bushra Raj
  • Greg Bashaw
  • Andrew Modzelewski

Sara Kumar (she/her)

Sara Kumar (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Eugene Khandros

Rotations:

  • Eugene Khandros
  • Julia Warren
  • Vikram Paralkar

Nivitha Murali (she/her/hers)

Nivitha Murali (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Kathryn Wellen

Rotations:

  • Brian Capell
  • Zoltan Arany
  • Kathryn Wellen

Dhyanam Shukla (he/him/his)

Dhyanam Shukla (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez

Rotations:

  • Eric Liao
  • Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez
  • Theodore Drivas

Alexis Leach (she/her/hers)

Alexis Leach (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Colin Conine

Rotations:

  • Colin Conine
  • Doris Wagner
  • Mia Levine

Minh Nguyen (she/her/hers)

Minh Nguyen (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Pablo Camara

Rotations:

  • Michael Gandal
  • Pablo Camara
  • Ophir Shalem

Andoni Nolasco-Ramirez (he/him/his)

Andoni Nolasco-Ramirez (he/him/his)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Sara Cherry

Rotations:

  • Michael Abt
  • Sara Cherry
  • Alexander Price

Ian Yannuzzi (they/he)

Ian Yannuzzi (they/he)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Kathryn Hamilton

Rotations:

  • Vikram Paralkar
  • Crystal Conn
  • Kathryn Hamilton

Atharva Dhamale (he/him/his)

Atharva Dhamale (he/him/his)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Ophir Shalem

Rotations:

  • Yoseph Barash
  • Ophir Shalem
  • Lukasz Bugaj

Ana Cruz (she/her/hers)

Ana Cruz (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Joseph St Geme

Rotations:

  • Ken Cadwell
  • Joseph St Geme
  • Nicole Marino

Ari Geller (they/them)

Ari Geller (they/them)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Mary Mullins

Rotations:

  • Mary Mullins
  • Montserrat Anguera
  • Priya Sivaramakrishnan

Suzana Hossain (she/her/hers)

Suzana Hossain (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Joseph St Geme

Rotations:

  • Sunny Shin
  • Joseph Zackular
  • Joseph St Geme

Spencer Jeffrey (he/him/his)

Spencer Jeffrey (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Patrick Seale

Rotations:

  • Juan Alvarez
  • Patrick Seale
  • Amelia Escolano

Patricia Guadalupe (she/her/hers)

Patricia Guadalupe (she/her/hers)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Paul Titchenell

Rotations:

  • Paul Titchenell
  • David Merrick
  • Damaris Lorenzo

Tiffany Hua (she/her/hers)

Tiffany Hua (she/her/hers)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Liming Pei

Rotations:

  • Paul Lieberman
  • Xiaolu Yang
  • Christoph Thaiss

Audrey Griffith (she/her/hers)

Audrey Griffith (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: VMD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Rotations:

  • Patrick Seale

Annastelle Cohen (she/her/hers)

Annastelle Cohen (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Erica Korb

Rotations:

  • Jennifer Phillips-Cremins
  • Erica Korb
  • Roberto Bonasio

Megan Costa (she/her/hers)

Megan Costa (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Dana Silverbush

Rotations:

  • Zev Binder
  • Donald O'Rourke
  • Dana Silverbush
  • Sydney Shaffer

Kassidy Cantwell (she/her/hers)

Kassidy Cantwell (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Igor Brodsky

Rotations:

  • Igor Brodsky
  • Paul Planet
  • Joseph Zackular

Xiaodi Chen (she/her)

Xiaodi Chen (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Roger Greenberg

Rotations:

  • Yi Fan
  • Roger Greenberg
  • Xiaolu Yang

Leonardo Claure (he/him/his)

Leonardo Claure (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Guo-Li Ming
  • Kimberly Christian

Rotations:

  • Juan Alvarez
  • Michael Granato
  • Kimberly Christian

Adel Atari

Adel Atari

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Roger Greenberg

Rotations:

  • Andres Blanco
  • Roger Greenberg
  • Peter Choi

Stephanie Blackwood (she/her/hers)

Stephanie Blackwood (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas

Rotations:

  • Kiran Musunuru
  • Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas
  • Vijay Bhoj

Noah Beratan (he/him)

Noah Beratan (he/him)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Katharine Bar

Rotations:

  • Beatrice Hahn
  • Katharine Bar
  • Norbert Pardi

Rebeca Aquino Ventura (she/her/hers)

Rebeca Aquino Ventura (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • John Maris

Rotations:

  • Saba Ghassemi
  • Saar Gill
  • John Maris
  • Katherine Uyhazi

Jessica Barragan (she/her/hers)

Jessica Barragan (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Evan Weber
  • John Wherry

Rotations:

  • Marco Ruella
  • Evan Weber
  • John Wherry

Christian Andino (he/him)

Christian Andino (he/him)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Julia Warren

Rotations:

  • Peter Kurre
  • Chris Thom
  • Andrew Vaughan
  • Julia Warren

Po Hu (he/him/his)

Po Hu (he/him/his)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Liming Pei

Rotations:

  • Liming Pei
  • Kenneth Margulies
  • Yoseph Barash

Jessica Anderson (she/her/hers)

Jessica Anderson (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Rotations:

  • Colin Conine

Jennifer Hoffmann (she/her)

Jennifer Hoffmann (she/her)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Advisor(s):

  • Vijay Bhoj

Rotations:

  • Kristopher Bosse
  • Elizabeth Bhoj
  • Hansell Stedman
  • Carl June

Erin DeNardo (she/her/hers)

Erin DeNardo (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: VMD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Ken Cadwell

Rotations:

  • Phillip Scott
  • Ken Cadwell
  • Elizabeth Grice

Chujie Gong

Chujie Gong

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Dissecting gene regulatory mechanisms underlying cell fate transition in AML

Advisor(s):

  • Liling Wan

Rotations:

  • Liling Wan
  • Warren Pear
  • Kai Tan

Chaoting Zhou

Chaoting Zhou

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

  • Ken Caldwell

Vivian Hoang (she/her/hers)

Vivian Hoang (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Ken Cadwell

Rotations:

  • Scott Hensley
  • Laurence Eisenlohr
  • Matthew Weitzman
  • Ken Cadwell

viral host immune system evasion, viral entry


viral host immune system evasion, viral entry

Sonja Zolnoski (she/her/hers)

Sonja Zolnoski (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Frederic Bushman

Rotations:

  • Sara Cherry
  • Louise Moncla
  • Frederic Bushman

ebola, filoviridae, filoviruses, rabies, marburg


ebola, filoviridae, filoviruses, rabies, marburg

Xinye (Ashley) Zhao

Xinye (Ashley) Zhao

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Yi Fan

Rotations:

  • Daniel Kelly
  • Sharlene Day
  • Yi Fan

molecular mechanisms of energy homeostasis and metabolic reprogramming during disease progression


molecular mechanisms of energy homeostasis and metabolic reprogramming during disease progression

Thomas Zhang (he/him/his)

Thomas Zhang (he/him/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Daniel Herman

Rotations:

  • Lewis Chodosh
  • Andy Minn
  • Katherine Nathanson

AI, EHR, and clinical informatics


AI, EHR, and clinical informatics

Jiazheng (Victor) Xing (he/him/his)

Jiazheng (Victor) Xing (he/him/his)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Investigating the single-molecule dynamics of MIRO and TRAK on mitochondria

Advisor(s):

  • Melike Lakadamyali

Rotations:

  • Michael Marks
  • Erika Holzbaur
  • Melike Lakadamyali

trafficking, cytoskeleton, neurodegenerative diseases


trafficking, cytoskeleton, neurodegenerative diseases

Nicholas (Nick) Williams (he/him/his)

Nicholas (Nick) Williams (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Investigating the role of PRDM16 in enteroendocrine cell differentiation and nutrient-sensing capabilities in the small intestinal epithelium

Advisor(s):

  • Patrick Seale

Rotations:

  • Patrick Seale
  • Fanxin Long
  • Rebecca Simmons

stem cells, tissue regeneration, organoids, hESCs


stem cells, tissue regeneration, organoids, hESCs

Erik Williams (he/him)

Erik Williams (he/him)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Joseph Fraietta

Rotations:

  • Nicola Mason
  • Tzipora Sarah Karin Eisinger
  • Joseph Fraietta

CAR-T Therapy, tumor microenvironment


CAR-T Therapy, tumor microenvironment

Emma Welter (she/her/hers)

Emma Welter (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Influence of DNA methylation changes on gene expression from the inactive X chromosome in B cells

Advisor(s):

  • Montserrat Anguera

Rotations:

  • Craig Bassing
  • Elizabeth Bhoj
  • Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas
  • Montserrat Anguera

genetics of human disease, genetic basis of neurological disorders, adaptive immunity


genetics of human disease, genetic basis of neurological disorders, adaptive immunity

Ashley Weiss (she/her/hers)

Ashley Weiss (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Joseph Zackular

Rotations:

  • Will Bailis
  • Igor Brodsky
  • Joseph Zackular

human microbiome, host-microbe interactions, disease mechanisms


human microbiome, host-microbe interactions, disease mechanisms

Benjamin Wales-McGrath (he/him/his)

Benjamin Wales-McGrath (he/him/his)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Understanding Splicing Regulation by RNA Binding Protein Networks in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Advisor(s):

  • Yoseph Barash
  • Peter Choi

Rotations:

  • Yoseph Barash
  • Peter Choi
  • Brian Gregory

gene regulation, RNA biology, systems biology, computational biology


gene regulation, RNA biology, systems biology, computational biology

Molly Weiner (she/her)

Molly Weiner (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Christoph Thaiss

Rotations:

  • Robert Heuckeroth
  • De'Broski Herbert
  • Christoph Thaiss

neuro-immune and neuro-microbial interactions


neuro-immune and neuro-microbial interactions

Amanda Watkins (she/her/hers)

Amanda Watkins (she/her/hers)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Oral biofilm removal and sampling using iron oxide nanoparticle bristle technology

Advisor(s):

  • Hyun (Michel) Koo

Rotations:

  • Robert Mauck
  • Hyun (Michael) Koo

peri-prosthetic implant infection, bone infection, equine surgery, osteoarthritis


peri-prosthetic implant infection, bone infection, equine surgery, osteoarthritis

Kayleigh Voos

Kayleigh Voos

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Elucidating cytoskeletal contributions to mitochondrial dynamics and bioenergetics in skeletal muscle

Advisor(s):

  • Damaris Lorenzo

Andrea Valdespino (she/her)

Andrea Valdespino (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Maureen Murphy

Rotations:

  • Elizabeth White
  • Maureen Murphy
  • Lewis Chodosh

TNBC, metastasis, unfolded protein response, host-virus interactions


TNBC, metastasis, unfolded protein response, host-virus interactions

Katelyn (Katie) Toohill (she/her)

Katelyn (Katie) Toohill (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Elucidating the Role of Endogenous Retrovirus IAPez in Murine Pre-Implantation Embryogenesis

Advisor(s):

  • Andrew Modzelewski

Rotations:

  • Thomas Leung
  • Bushra Raj
  • Andrew Modzelewski

regeneration, wound healing, genetic regulation of diseased states


regeneration, wound healing, genetic regulation of diseased states

Melody Tan (she/her)

Melody Tan (she/her)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • John Wherry

Rotations:

  • Marco Ruella
  • Gerd Blobel
  • John Wherry

Modulating the adaptive immune response to cancer;
cell therapy engineering and genetic manipulation techniques


Modulating the adaptive immune response to cancer;
cell therapy engineering and genetic manipulation techniques

Kayla Snare (she/her)

Kayla Snare (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Investigating the role of cellular confinement and subsequent nuclear envelope rupture as a driver of epigenetic and inflammatory reprogramming of breast cancer cells

Advisor(s):

  • Guilherme Nader

Rotations:

  • Gregory Beatty
  • Rami Amaravadi
  • Ben Stanger
  • Guilherme Nader

Sidney Smith (she/her/hers)

Sidney Smith (she/her/hers)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Characterizing Microglial and Monocyte Dysfunction in CSF1R-related Leukoencephalopathy

Advisor(s):

  • Jennifer Orthmann Murphy

Rotations:

  • Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas
  • Benjamin Prosser
  • Stefano Rivella

Anastasia Slavutsky

Anastasia Slavutsky

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Elucidating the role of βII-spectrin in the pathogenicity of the neurodevelopmental SPTBN1 syndrome

Advisor(s):

  • Damaris Lorenzo

Rachel Sklutuis

Rachel Sklutuis

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Rotations:

  • Paul Bates
  • Sara Cherry

virology, molecular biology, assay development


virology, molecular biology, assay development

Joanatta Shapiro

Joanatta Shapiro

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Eric Joyce

Rotations:

  • Montserrat Anguera
  • Elizabeth Bhoj
  • Eric Joyce

models of human disease, gene regulation, gene therapies, development


models of human disease, gene regulation, gene therapies, development

Sena Sarıkaya (she/her/hers)

Sena Sarıkaya (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Chromatin and Transcription Factor Kinetics Regulating Cell Fate Specification in Mouse Development

Advisor(s):

  • Mustafa Mir

Rotations:

  • Mustafa Mir
  • Mark Kahn
  • Kenneth Zaret

Eleanor Sams (they/she)

Eleanor Sams (they/she)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Regulation of protein translation and hematopoietic cell identity by differential rRNA transcription

Advisor(s):

  • Vikram Paralkar

Rotations:

  • Kathrin Bernt
  • Vikram Paralkar
  • Crystal Conn

Arushi Sahay (she/hers)

Arushi Sahay (she/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: The role of the chromatin reader protein ENL in kidney development and tumorigenesis

Advisor(s):

  • Liling Wan

Rotations:

  • Brian Capell
  • Liling Wan
  • Peter Choi

Shira Rosenberg (she/her/hers)

Shira Rosenberg (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Alexander Huang

Rotations:

  • Arjun Raj
  • Kara Maxwell
  • Alexander Huang

hematopoietic disorders, multi-omics, cancer therapeutics, tumor development


hematopoietic disorders, multi-omics, cancer therapeutics, tumor development

Rachel Richards (she/her/hers)

Rachel Richards (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Investigating the contribution of IFN-γ signaling on inflammasome activation and bacterial restriction during Salmonella infection of human macrophages

Advisor(s):

  • Sunny Shin

Rotations:

  • Mechthild Pohlschroder
  • Paul Planet
  • Cornelius Taabazuing

James Regan (he/him)

James Regan (he/him)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Development of tumor-targeted LNPs for the treatment of Merkel cell carcinoma

Advisor(s):

  • Jianxin You

Rotations:

  • Una O'Doherty
  • Michael Betts
  • Jianxin You

Jennifer Paulino

Jennifer Paulino

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Investigating the Role of Antigenic Site B and Antibody Specificity in Influenza cohort

Advisor(s):

  • Scott Hensley

Rotations:

  • Igor Brodsky
  • Daniel Beiting
  • Scott Hensley

host-pathogen interaction, human gut microbiome, antibiotic resistant, autoimmune disease.


host-pathogen interaction, human gut microbiome, antibiotic resistant, autoimmune disease.

Kisha Patel (she/her/hers)

Kisha Patel (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Carl June

Rotations:

  • Vijay Bhoj
  • Carl June
  • John Wherry
  • Christina Jackson

neurosurgery, brain-based cancers, immunotherapy, immunometabolism


neurosurgery, brain-based cancers, immunotherapy, immunometabolism

Sonresa Ochoa-Vidales (she/her/ella)

Sonresa Ochoa-Vidales (she/her/ella)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Type I IFN immunomodulatory mechanisms in uterine vascular adaptation to pregnancy

Advisor(s):

  • Scott Gordon

Rotations:

  • Audrey John
  • Scott Gordon
  • Montserrat Anguera

viral pathogenesis, molecular and structural virology, and host-virus dynamics


viral pathogenesis, molecular and structural virology, and host-virus dynamics

Elizabeth (Libby) Nunn (she/her)

Elizabeth (Libby) Nunn (she/her)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Defining how inhibition of ActRIIA/B governs skeletal muscle and adipose tissue mass, function, and metabolism during obesity and weight loss via GLP-1 receptor agonism

Advisor(s):

  • Paul Titchenell

Rotations:

  • David Merrick
  • Will Bailis
  • Paul Titchenell

role of cellular metabolism in cell fate decisions, epigenetics, and disease


role of cellular metabolism in cell fate decisions, epigenetics, and disease

Svathi Murali (she/hers)

Svathi Murali (she/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Identifying causal variants and effector genes involved in Alzheimer’s Disease pathogenesis in neurons and astrocytes using a variant-to-gene mapping approach

Advisor(s):

  • Alessandra Chesi

Rotations:

  • Erica Korb
  • Lan Lin
  • Alessandra Chesi

Kathlyene (Katey) Stone (she/her)

Kathlyene (Katey) Stone (she/her)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Determining the role of stress granules in protecting cardiomyocytes during stress

Advisor(s):

  • Benjamin Prosser

Rotations:

  • Melike Lakadamyali
  • Benjamin Prosser
  • Sandra Maday

Ashley Melendez-Perez (she/hers)

Ashley Melendez-Perez (she/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Elizabeth Bhoj

Rotations:

  • Elizabeth Bhoj
  • Ana Cristancho

3D genome organization, molecular genetics, epigenetics


3D genome organization, molecular genetics, epigenetics

Jayne McDevitt (she/her/hers)

Jayne McDevitt (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Ben Stanger

Rotations:

  • Ronny Drapkin
  • Gregory Beatty
  • Ben Stanger

development of cancer drugs and therapies, focusing on metabolic dysregulation and/or immunology


development of cancer drugs and therapies, focusing on metabolic dysregulation and/or immunology

Kirsten Mallon (she/her/hers)

Kirsten Mallon (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Audrey John

Rotations:

  • Katharine Bar
  • Una O'Doherty
  • Michael Povelones

host-pathogen response, virology, immunology, public health


host-pathogen response, virology, immunology, public health

Lauren Elizabeth Lee (she/her/hers)

Lauren Elizabeth Lee (she/her/hers)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Kidney and heart metabolism dysfunction in cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome

Advisor(s):

  • Zoltan Arany

Rotations:

  • Katalin Susztak
  • Liming Pei
  • Zoltan Arany

renal physiology, metabolic determinants of disease, metabolic signaling, cellular/organelle substrate use and preference


renal physiology, metabolic determinants of disease, metabolic signaling, cellular/organelle substrate use and preference

Beoung Hun (Beoung) Lee (he/his)

Beoung Hun (Beoung) Lee (he/his)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Kai Wang

Rotations:

  • Hongjun Song
  • Jennifer Phillips-Cremins
  • Kai Wang

epigenetics, computational biology, bioinformatics, chromatin interactions, DNA methylation


epigenetics, computational biology, bioinformatics, chromatin interactions, DNA methylation

Kelsey Leach (she/her/hers)

Kelsey Leach (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Alessandro Gardini

Rotations:

  • Jennifer Phillips-Cremins
  • Alessandro Gardini
  • Pablo Camara

human disease epigenetics


human disease epigenetics

Tran Ngoc Van (Van) Le (she/her/hers)

Tran Ngoc Van (Van) Le (she/her/hers)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Elucidating nutrient regulation of T cell proliferative potential

Advisor(s):

  • Will Bailis

Rotations:

  • Chengcheng Jin
  • Celeste Simon
  • Will Bailis

cancer metabolism, cancer immunotherapy


cancer metabolism, cancer immunotherapy

Po-Lun (Po) Kung (he/him/his)

Po-Lun (Po) Kung (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Defining how actin and tropomyosin biology supports blood development and the hemogenic endothelium

Advisor(s):

  • Chris Thom

Rotations:

  • Jarod Zepp
  • Andrew Vaughan
  • Chris Thom

regulatory mechanisms affecting tissue regeneration and/or stem cell fates


regulatory mechanisms affecting tissue regeneration and/or stem cell fates

Morgan Kuczler (she/her)

Morgan Kuczler (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Lewis Chodosh

Rotations:

  • Ronny Drapkin
  • Lewis Chodosh
  • Celeste Simon

therapeutic resistance, cell stress response/adaptation, and/or cancer cell progression


therapeutic resistance, cell stress response/adaptation, and/or cancer cell progression

Elena Kahn (she/her)

Elena Kahn (she/her)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Kiran Musunuru

Rotations:

  • Henry Daniell
  • Kiran Musunuru
  • Christopher Ellebrecht

mechanisms of immunity and autoimmunity, gene therapy, plant/marine biomedicine


mechanisms of immunity and autoimmunity, gene therapy, plant/marine biomedicine

Alexis Jean Morales (he/him/his)

Alexis Jean Morales (he/him/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Irfan Asangani

Rotations:

  • Liling Wan
  • Irfan Asangani
  • Lewis Chodosh

immunotherapy, targeted therapy, resistance mechanisms


immunotherapy, targeted therapy, resistance mechanisms

Teshawn Johnson

Teshawn Johnson

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: CD11c-Expressing Microglia and their Role in Oligodendrocyte Differentiation

Advisor(s):

  • Judith Grinspan
  • Kelly Jordan-Sciutto

Rotations:

  • Kimberly Christian
  • Jennifer Orthmann Murphy
  • Judith Grinspan

developmental neuroscience, adult neurogenesis, neuroprotective strategies/neuroregeneration, neurodegeneration


developmental neuroscience, adult neurogenesis, neuroprotective strategies/neuroregeneration, neurodegeneration

Marisol Hooks (she/her/hers)

Marisol Hooks (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Elizabeth Heller

Rotations:

  • Elizabeth Heller
  • Kavitha Sarma
  • Elizabeth Bhoj

neuroepigenetics, neurological disorders, translational medicine, health disparities, toxicology, environmental medicine


neuroepigenetics, neurological disorders, translational medicine, health disparities, toxicology, environmental medicine

Olivia Hix (she/her)

Olivia Hix (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Defining regulation of inflammatory cell states in intestinal epithelial cells and Crohn’s disease

Advisor(s):

  • Kathryn Hamilton

Rotations:

  • David Feldser
  • Kathryn Hamilton
  • Andrew Vaughan

the intersection of developmental biology and disease/cancer biology


the intersection of developmental biology and disease/cancer biology

Jill Henrich (she/her)

Jill Henrich (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Investigating the role of MYC in regulating ribosome biogenesis in acute myeloid leukemia

Advisor(s):

  • Vikram Paralkar

Rotations:

  • Liling Wan
  • Vikram Paralkar
  • Gerd Blobel

cancer epigenetics, tumor immunology/immunotherapies, translational therapeutics, malignant transformation


cancer epigenetics, tumor immunology/immunotherapies, translational therapeutics, malignant transformation

Natalie Hagen (she/her/hers)

Natalie Hagen (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Exploring inducible prophages in Clostridioides difficile

Advisor(s):

  • Frederic Bushman

Rotations:

  • Frederic Bushman
  • Scott Hensley
  • Louise Moncla

Kim Ha (she/her)

Kim Ha (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Defining Genetic Impacts of Blood Cell Functions in Stroke

Advisor(s):

  • Chris Thom

Rotations:

  • Chris Thom
  • Maja Bucan
  • Matthew Kayser
  • Rachel Kember

Sarah Grandinette (she/her)

Sarah Grandinette (she/her)

Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Developing therapeutic genome editing strategies for classic galactosemia

Advisor(s):

  • Kiran Musunuru

Rotations:

  • Kiran Musunuru
  • William Peranteau
  • Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas

Reyna Garcia Sillas (she/her/hers)

Reyna Garcia Sillas (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Igor Brodsky

Rotations:

  • Cornelius Taabazuing
  • Igor Brodsky
  • Kellie Jurado

host-pathogen interaction, microbiology. innate immune response


host-pathogen interaction, microbiology. innate immune response

Jiayi Duan (she/her)

Jiayi Duan (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Methods development in studying the human virome and exploring the relationship between the human virome and diseases

Advisor(s):

  • Frederic Bushman

Rotations:

  • Michael Betts
  • Luis Montaner
  • Frederic Bushman

Joan Donahue (she/her)

Joan Donahue (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Dermal-Epidermal Interactions in Eccrine Sweat Gland Development

Advisor(s):

  • Yana Kamberov

Rotations:

  • Foteini Mourkioti
  • Yana Kamberov
  • Bushra Raj

John Doherty (he/him/his)

John Doherty (he/him/his)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Investigating the regulation of facultative heterochromatin by nuclear condensates

Advisor(s):

  • Roberto Bonasio

Rotations:

  • Colin Conine
  • Roberto Bonasio
  • Ophir Shalem

Nicole DeBruyne (she/her)

Nicole DeBruyne (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Lan Lin

Rotations:

  • Kara Maxwell
  • Struan Grant
  • Lan Lin

Utilizing next-generation sequencing technologies to study and identify variants associated with genetic human diseases


Utilizing next-generation sequencing technologies to study and identify variants associated with genetic human diseases

Mara Davis (she/her)

Mara Davis (she/her)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Augmentation of CAR-Macrophage responses to amyloid-beta to alleviate AD pathology

Advisor(s):

  • Saar Gill

Rotations:

  • Naiara Aquizu Lopez
  • Frederick Christian Bennett
  • Saar Gill

Emily Daley (she/her/hers)

Emily Daley (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Norbert Pardi

Rotations:

  • Hamideh Parhiz
  • Norbert Pardi
  • Daniel Powell

mRNA-LNP vaccines for infectious disease


mRNA-LNP vaccines for infectious disease

Diana Cruz (she/her)

Diana Cruz (she/her)

Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Guilherme Nader
  • Aime Franco

Rotations:

  • Xianxin Hua
  • Aime Franco
  • Guilherme Nader

cold tumors, microenvironment, immunotherapy, inflammatory response


cold tumors, microenvironment, immunotherapy, inflammatory response

Taylor Crawford (she/her)

Taylor Crawford (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Kara Maxwell

Rotations:

  • Kara Maxwell
  • Kathrin Bernt
  • Robert Bowman

cancer epigenetics, health disparities in breast cancer and prostate cancer, tumor metastasis


cancer epigenetics, health disparities in breast cancer and prostate cancer, tumor metastasis

Diana Renteria

Diana Renteria

Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Adeline Vanderver

Rotations:

  • Eileen Shore
  • Denise Sabatino
  • Adeline Vanderver

Daana Roach (she/her/hers)

Daana Roach (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: VMD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Defining the dual roles of intestinal epithelial LCN2 during chronic inflammation

Advisor(s):

  • Kathryn Hamilton

Rotations:

  • Christopher Lengner
  • Kathryn Hamilton

Casey Mogilevsky

Casey Mogilevsky

Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Rotations:

  • Rahul Kohli
  • Kiran Musunuru

Joseph McGaunn

Joseph McGaunn

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Joe Baur

Rotations:

  • Joe Baur
  • Rajan Jain

Pedro Mendez Fernandez

Pedro Mendez Fernandez

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Rajan Jain

Rotations:

  • Rajan Jain
  • Mark Kahn

Sarah Finstuen-Magro (she/her/hers)

Sarah Finstuen-Magro (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Jennifer Kalish

Rotations:

  • Ben Stanger
  • Jennifer Kalish

Walla (Miguel) Disbennett

Walla (Miguel) Disbennett

Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Jonathan Miner

Rotations:

  • Michaela Locci
  • Jonathan Miner

Islam Elsaid

Islam Elsaid

Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Donita Brady

Rotations:

  • Sydney Shaffer
  • Donita Brady
  • Mark Sellmyer

Breezy Brock

Breezy Brock

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: VMD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Edward Kreider
  • Drew Weissman

Rotations:

  • Laurence Eisenlohr
  • Nicola Mason
  • Drew Weissman

Host-Pathogen Interactions, Adaptive Immunity, Antigen Processing and Presentation, Vaccine Immunogenicity, Infectious Disease, Virology


Host-Pathogen Interactions, Adaptive Immunity, Antigen Processing and Presentation, Vaccine Immunogenicity, Infectious Disease, Virology

Natalie Brown

Natalie Brown

Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Zoltan Arany

Rotations:

  • Zoltan Arany
  • Mark Kahn

Margaret (Maggie) Cassidy

Margaret (Maggie) Cassidy

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas
  • Ana Cristancho

Rotations:

  • Bushra Raj
  • Ana Cristancho
  • Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas

molecular genetic mechanisms related to neurodevelopmental disorders


molecular genetic mechanisms related to neurodevelopmental disorders

Ariana Campbell (she/her/hers)

Ariana Campbell (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Investigating the relationship between viral infection and reproductive immunology

Advisor(s):

  • Kellie Jurado

Rotations:

  • Michal Elovitz
  • Kellie Jurado
  • Scott Gordon

Vasia Barka

Vasia Barka

Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Rotations:

  • Sharlene Day
  • Marie Guerraty

Devin Burris (she/her)

Devin Burris (she/her)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas

Rotations:

  • Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas
  • Katherine Uyhazi
  • Beverly Davidson

gene therapy, ASOs, iPSCs for neuromuscular, optical, epileptic, and other neurologic diseases


gene therapy, ASOs, iPSCs for neuromuscular, optical, epileptic, and other neurologic diseases

Isabel Breuer (she/her)

Isabel Breuer (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: JNK signaling and RNA-binding Proteins in mRNA Stability

Advisor(s):

  • Kristen Lynch

Rotations:

  • Kristen Lynch
  • Colin Conine
  • Sarah Henrickson

Theresa Astmann

Theresa Astmann

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: VMD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Nicole Marino

Rotations:

  • Daniel Beiting
  • Nicole Marino
  • Joseph Zackular

Daniel Boehmler (he/him)

Daniel Boehmler (he/him)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Terrance Gade
  • Aalim Weljie

Rotations:

  • Zoltan Arany
  • Terrance Gade
  • Aalim Weljie

cancer cell metabolism/metabolomics, lipidomics, and host/gut microbiome interaction


cancer cell metabolism/metabolomics, lipidomics, and host/gut microbiome interaction

Audrey Bochi-Layec (she/her)

Audrey Bochi-Layec (she/her)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Marco Ruella

Rotations:

  • Marco Ruella
  • Michael Milone
  • Carl June

cancer immunotherapy, CARs, neoantigens


cancer immunotherapy, CARs, neoantigens

Louisa Boateng (she/her)

Louisa Boateng (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Investigating genetic and environmental causes in neurodegenerative diseases: EGFR variant-to-gene mapping validation in Alzheimer’s disease and manganese exposure in Parkinson’s diseases

Advisor(s):

  • Alessandra Chesi

Rotations:

  • Eric Joyce
  • Brian Capell
  • Alessandra Chesi

Jackson Bauer (he/him)

Jackson Bauer (he/him)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Investigating prime editing for treating genetic disease in the fetus

Advisor(s):

  • William Peranteau

Rotations:

  • Lindsey George
  • James Riley
  • William Peranteau

cell and gene therapy, gene editing


cell and gene therapy, gene editing

Hyun Hyung (Claire) An (she/her)

Hyun Hyung (Claire) An (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Transposable element derived regulation of hematopoiesis via RUNX1 and innate immune signaling

Advisor(s):

  • Nancy Speck
  • Andrew Modzelewski

Rotations:

  • Paul Gadue
  • Nancy Speck
  • Andrew Modzelewski

stem cells, hematopoiesis, erythropoiesis


stem cells, hematopoiesis, erythropoiesis

Jasmine Akoto (she/her/hers)

Jasmine Akoto (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Naiara Aquizu Lopez

Rotations:

  • Naiara Aquizu Lopez
  • Erica Korb
  • Kahlilia Blanco

Genetics/Genomics, Molecular Biology, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Psychiatric Disorders


Genetics/Genomics, Molecular Biology, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Psychiatric Disorders

Eva Agostino (she/her/hers)

Eva Agostino (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Characterization of a novel, highly conserved factor H binding protein in Kingella kingae

Advisor(s):

  • Joseph St Geme

Rotations:

  • Ken Cadwell
  • Joseph St Geme
  • Matthew Weitzman

Jordan Ort (he/him)

Jordan Ort (he/him)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Scott Hensley
  • Louise Moncla

Rotations:

  • George Shaw
  • Elizabeth Grice
  • Louise Moncla

viral immune evasion to host antibody responses or impact of microbiome on human disease


viral immune evasion to host antibody responses or impact of microbiome on human disease

Meryl Mendoza (she/her)

Meryl Mendoza (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Andrew Vaughan

Rotations:

  • Andrew Vaughan
  • Yana Kamberov
  • Riccardo Gottardi

Regenerative medicine and stem cell regulation


Regenerative medicine and stem cell regulation

Diego Mendez (he/him)

Diego Mendez (he/him)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Characterizing the role of RNA binding proteins in regulating H3K9me3-heterochromatin in mammals

Advisor(s):

  • Kenneth Zaret

Rotations:

  • Alex Hughes
  • Rajan Jain
  • Kenneth Zaret

Morgan McGrath (she/her)

Morgan McGrath (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Crystal Conn

Rotations:

  • Tzipora Sarah Karin Eisinger
  • Crystal Conn
  • Mark Kahn

cellular plasticity in cancer, metastatic transformation


cellular plasticity in cancer, metastatic transformation

Taku Harada (he/him/his)

Taku Harada (he/him/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

  • Roger Greenberg

Rotations:

  • Lewis Chodosh
  • Roger Greenberg
  • Kathryn Wellen

cancer genomics, transcriptional biology, cancer immunology


cancer genomics, transcriptional biology, cancer immunology

Jacob Cote (he/him)

Jacob Cote (he/him)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: A Novel Motility Regulation System in Haloferax volcanii

Advisor(s):

  • Mechthild Pohlschroder

Rotations:

  • Ileana Perez-Rodriguez
  • Jun Zhu
  • Mechthild Pohlschroder

bacterial physiology, bacterial metabolism, bioinformatics


bacterial physiology, bacterial metabolism, bioinformatics

Maxime Zamba-Campero (she/her)

Maxime Zamba-Campero (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Elucidating the role of histidine in Salmonella pathogenicity

Advisor(s):

  • Igor Brodsky

Rotations:

  • Joseph Zackular
  • Igor Brodsky
  • Audrey John

Thomas "Ted" Williamson (he/him)

Thomas

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Treating acute cardiac injury with engineered regulatory T cells

Advisor(s):

  • Jonathan Epstein

Rotations:

  • Nancy Speck
  • Jonathan Epstein
  • Paul Gadue

Jane Xie (she/her)

Jane Xie (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Investigating the Impact of Tissue-of-Origin on Tumor Cell-Intrinsic Regulation of Immune Infiltration

Advisor(s):

  • Ben Stanger

Rotations:

  • Thomas DeRaedt
  • Gregory Beatty
  • Roderick O'Connor
  • Ben Stanger

Linlin Yang (she/her)

Linlin Yang (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Defining the four major routes of MHC class II antigen processing and presentation with influenza antigens

Advisor(s):

  • Laurence Eisenlohr

Rotations:

  • John Wherry
  • George Shaw
  • Beverly Davidson

Reiko Tomizawa (she/her)

Reiko Tomizawa (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: The role of Engrailed1 in fate determination and differentiation of skin appendages

Advisor(s):

  • Yana Kamberov

Rotations:

  • Yana Kamberov
  • Mary Mullins
  • Bushra Raj

Valeria Vigo (she/her)

Valeria Vigo (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Evaluating Haemophilus influenzae adhesin (Hia) as a potential vaccine antigen against Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae nasopharyngeal colonization.

Advisor(s):

  • Joseph St Geme

Rotations:

  • Igor Brodsky
  • Joseph St Geme
  • De'Broski Herbert

Erin Smith (she/her)

Erin Smith (she/her)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Defining Lysosomal Degradation Within and Between Neurons and Astrocytes in Response to Proteotoxic Stress

Advisor(s):

  • Sandra Maday

Rotations:

  • Erika Holzbaur
  • Anna Kashina
  • Sandra Maday

Helen Stillwell

Helen Stillwell

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

  • Susan Weiss

Rotations:

  • Susan Weiss
  • Norbert Pardi
  • Michaela Locci
  • Frederic Bushman

Lauren Testa (she/her)

Lauren Testa (she/her)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Genome editing for hereditary connective tissue disorders

Advisor(s):

  • Kiran Musunuru

Rotations:

  • Elizabeth Bhoj
  • Kiran Musunuru
  • Benjamin Prosser

Taylor Senay (she/her)

Taylor Senay (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Determining the Mechanisms of MCPyV Host Immune Modulation

Advisor(s):

  • Jianxin You

Rotations:

  • Joseph St Geme
  • Jianxin You
  • Elizabeth Grice

Jaydeen Sewell (she/her)

Jaydeen Sewell (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Dissecting the interaction between Coxiella burnetii effector protein CBU1314 and the human Polymerase Associated Factor 1 Complex

Advisor(s):

  • Sunny Shin

Rotations:

  • Sunny Shin
  • Elizabeth White
  • Igor Brodsky

Alexandra Schneider (she/her)

Alexandra Schneider (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

  • Colin Conine

Rotations:

  • Colin Conine
  • Roberto Bonasio
  • Montserrat Anguera

Alexis Scott (she/her)

Alexis Scott (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Defining the role of retinoic acid in the development and function of tumor-associated macrophages in hepatocellular carcinoma

Advisor(s):

  • Malay Haldar

Rotations:

  • Todd Ridky
  • Chengcheng Jin
  • Malay Haldar
  • Leyuan Ma

Kelsey Salcido (she/her)

Kelsey Salcido (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Metabolic effect of alcohol consumption on cancer

Advisor(s):

  • Zachary Schug

Rotations:

  • Zachary Schug
  • Zoltan Arany
  • Kara Maxwell
  • Celeste Simon

Bakary Samasa (he/him)

Bakary Samasa (he/him)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Investigating the role of cytoskeletal dynamics during epiboly morphogenesis in the zebrafish

Advisor(s):

  • Mary Mullins

Rotations:

  • Mary Mullins
  • Michael Granato
  • Panteleimon Rompolas
  • Stephen Dinardo

Annabel Sangree (she/her)

Annabel Sangree (she/her)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

  • Erica Korb

Rotations:

  • Laura Su
  • Elizabeth Bhoj
  • Kiran Musunuru

Geoffrey Rouin (he/him)

Geoffrey Rouin (he/him)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Defining Epigenetic Mechanisms of Human CAR T Cell Exhaustion and Reversal

Advisor(s):

  • Evan Weber

Rotations:

  • Patrick Grohar
  • Kristopher Bosse
  • Ellen Puré
  • Evan Weber

Melissa Rowe (she/her)

Melissa Rowe (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Identifying the role of telomere length in hepatic oncogenesis

Advisor(s):

  • Klaus Kaestner

Rotations:

  • Chengcheng Jin
  • Klaus Kaestner
  • Aime Franco

Abigail Ridler (she/her)

Abigail Ridler (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Investigating molecular mechanisms of GATA6 and retinoic acid signaling synergy in human pancreas progenitor specification and their role in endocrine development

Advisor(s):

  • Paul Gadue

Rotations:

  • Benjamin Prosser
  • Foteini Mourkioti
  • Paul Gadue

Kiara Rodríguez-Acevedo (she/her)

Kiara Rodríguez-Acevedo (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Investigating Parity-Induced Protection against Breast Cancer In Response to Oncogenic Stimuli

Advisor(s):

  • Elizabeth Heller

Rotations:

  • Montserrat Anguera
  • Elizabeth Heller
  • Erica Korb

Emmanuel Rapp Reyes (he/him)

Emmanuel Rapp Reyes (he/him)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

  • Thomas Leung

Rotations:

  • Thomas Leung
  • Jonathan Epstein
  • Nicholas Plachta
  • Juan Alvarez

I am interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms that determine cell fate.


I am interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms that determine cell fate.

Lauren Reich (she/they)

Lauren Reich (she/they)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Characterizing the dynamics of Polycomb memory to repress target genes

Advisor(s):

  • Roberto Bonasio

Rotations:

  • Erica Korb
  • Kathryn Wellen
  • Roberto Bonasio

Ashvathi Raghavakaimal (she/her)

Ashvathi Raghavakaimal (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Investigating Parity-Induced Protection against Breast Cancer In Response to Oncogenic Stimuli

Advisor(s):

  • Lewis Chodosh

Rotations:

  • Kara Maxwell
  • Lewis Chodosh
  • Crystal Conn

Aidan Quigley (he/him)

Aidan Quigley (he/him)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Development of base editing strategies for the correction of metabolic diseases

Advisor(s):

  • Kiran Musunuru
  • Kristopher Bosse

Rotations:

  • Daniel Powell
  • Kiran Musunuru
  • Kristopher Bosse

Tania Perez (she/her)

Tania Perez (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Investigating the role of Disrupted in Schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) in mitochondrial trafficking

Advisor(s):

  • Erika Holzbaur

Rotations:

  • Erika Holzbaur
  • Erica Korb
  • Naiara Aquizu Lopez

Kayla Purdy (she/her)

Kayla Purdy (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Foxo coordinates axon regeneration and clearance via microtubule dynamics

Advisor(s):

  • Yuanquan Song

Rotations:

  • Panteleimon Rompolas
  • D. Kacy Cullen
  • Kelly Jordan-Sciutto
  • Yuanquan Song

Renyta Moses (she/her)

Renyta Moses (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Germline p53 R181 mutants and DNA binding cooperativity in tumorigenesis

Advisor(s):

  • Kara Maxwell
  • Maureen Murphy

Rotations:

  • Rugang Zhang
  • Lewis Chodosh
  • Kara Maxwell

Emily O'Rourke (she/her)

Emily O'Rourke (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Investigating inflammasome responses to Salmonella in human macrophages

Advisor(s):

  • Sunny Shin

Rotations:

  • Sunny Shin
  • Audrey John
  • Joseph St Geme

Ting-Chun "Jamie" Pan (she/her)

Ting-Chun

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

  • Elizabeth Grice

Rotations:

  • Elizabeth Grice
  • Joseph Zackular
  • Maayan Levy

Taylor Miller-Ensminger (she/her)

Taylor Miller-Ensminger (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: The Impact of Viral Infection on Intergenerational Non-genetic Inheritance

Advisor(s):

  • Kellie Jurado

Rotations:

  • Katharine Bar
  • Scott Hensley
  • Kellie Jurado

Natalie Moore (she/her)

Natalie Moore (she/her)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

  • David Merrick

Rotations:

  • Zoltan Arany
  • Paul Titchenell
  • David Merrick

Rushabh Mehta (he/him)

Rushabh Mehta (he/him)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Determining the nongenetic factors driving early chemoresistance in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Advisor(s):

  • Kai Tan

Rotations:

  • Kai Tan
  • Rajan Jain
  • Pablo Cámara

Loreilys Mejias Rivera

Loreilys Mejias Rivera

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Uncovering how Pdgfra-lineage mesenchymal progenitors undergo aberrant chondro-osteogenic differentiation in Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

Advisor(s):

  • Eileen Shore
  • Foteini Mourkioti

Rotations:

  • Brian Capell
  • Naiara Aquizu Lopez
  • Eileen Shore

Allison Marvin (she/her)

Allison Marvin (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Maternal Regulation of Microtubule Organizing Centers in the Egg and Oocyte

Advisor(s):

  • Mary Mullins

Rotations:

  • Greg Bashaw
  • Mary Mullins
  • Nancy Speck

Christopher McAllister (he/him)

Christopher McAllister (he/him)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

  • Sharlene Day

Rotations:

  • Arndt Siekmann
  • Foteini Mourkioti
  • Sharlene Day

Josue Medor (he/him)

Josue Medor (he/him)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Uncovering the Role of Cdc-like Kinases in the Genotoxic Stress Response

Advisor(s):

  • Peter Choi

Rotations:

  • Warren Pear
  • Maureen Murphy
  • Peter Choi

Claire Makowski (she/her)

Claire Makowski (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

  • Kenneth Zaret

Rotations:

  • Kenneth Zaret
  • Doris Wagner
  • Colin Conine

Kaeri M. Medina (she/her)

Kaeri M. Medina (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Defining the Role of Host Translation Termination Factors in Bunyavirus Replication

Advisor(s):

  • Sara Cherry

Rotations:

  • Susan Weiss
  • Sara Cherry
  • Paul Planet

Michael Kuckyr (he/him)

Michael Kuckyr (he/him)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

  • Beverly Davidson

Rotations:

  • Kiran Musunuru
  • Beverly Davidson
  • Defne Amado

Mingjia Li (she/her)

Mingjia Li (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

  • Zhaolan Zhou

Rotations:

  • Hao Wu
  • Beverly Davidson
  • Kai Wang

Nora Kiledjian (she/her)

Nora Kiledjian (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Identifying the Effects of m6A on mRNAs During Adaptive Stress

Advisor(s):

  • Crystal Conn

Rotations:

  • Crystal Conn
  • Kristen Lynch
  • Kathryn Hamilton

Austin King (he/him)

Austin King (he/him)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Elucidating the Oncogenic Machinery that drives NPM1c-associated AML and Identification of NPM1c-specific Epigenetic Vulnerabilities.

Advisor(s):

  • Andres Blanco

Rotations:

  • Matthew Kayser
  • Andres Blanco
  • Peter Choi

Elizabeth Kraeutler (she/her)

Elizabeth Kraeutler (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Investigating a role for RNA-binding proteins in the spatial organization of heterochromatin

Advisor(s):

  • Eric Joyce

Rotations:

  • Eric Joyce
  • Kenneth Zaret
  • Rajan Jain

Kay Katada (she/her)

Kay Katada (she/her)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

  • Kathryn Hamilton

Rotations:

  • Paul Titchenell
  • Kathryn Hamilton
  • De'Broski Herbert

Diljeet Kaur (she/her)

Diljeet Kaur (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

  • Ziyue Gao

Rotations:

  • Ziyue Gao
  • Robert Faryabi
  • Wanding Zhou

Aude Ikuzwe Sindikubwabo (she/her)

Aude Ikuzwe Sindikubwabo (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Exploring Genetic and Non-Genetic Contributions to Unexplained Pregnancy Loss and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

Advisor(s):

  • Shefali Setia-Verma

Rotations:

  • Sarah Tishkoff
  • Alessandra Chesi
  • Marylyn Ritchie

Identifying and validating loci associated with diseases under-represented in genomic research

 


Identifying and validating loci associated with diseases under-represented in genomic research

 

Katharine Hewlett (she/her)

Katharine Hewlett (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

  • Joseph Zackular

Rotations:

  • Katharine Bar
  • Joseph Zackular
  • Audrey John

Michael Hogarty (he/him)

Michael Hogarty (he/him)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: HIV-1 Vaccine Design to Elicit Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies Targeting the V3-Glycan Coreceptor Binding Site

Advisor(s):

  • George Shaw

Rotations:

  • George Shaw
  • Sara Cherry
  • Audrey John

Nicolas Holcomb (he/him)

Nicolas Holcomb (he/him)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Identifying the Migratory and pro-Fibrotic Mechanisms of Influenza Induced Ectopic Krt5+ Cells in the Distal Lung

Advisor(s):

  • Andrew Vaughan

Rotations:

  • Andrew Vaughan
  • Riccardo Gottardi
  • Thomas Leung

Gabriela Hayward-Lara (she/her)

Gabriela Hayward-Lara (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Molecular kinetics of Polycomb bodies in maintaining repression during Drosophila development

Advisor(s):

  • Mustafa Mir

Rotations:

  • Mustafa Mir
  • Alex Hughes
  • Melike Lakadamyali

Megan Guerin

Megan Guerin

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

  • Mary Mullins

Rotations:

  • Mary Mullins
  • Marisa Bartolomei
  • Colin Conine

Segovia Garcia (she/her)

Segovia Garcia (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Discovering Regulators of Polycomb Domain Establishment

Advisor(s):

  • Roberto Bonasio

Rotations:

  • Roberto Bonasio
  • Robert Mauck
  • Erica Korb

Maya Foster (she/her)

Maya Foster (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Elucidating the mechanism of action of a novel p53 reactivating molecule

Advisor(s):

  • Maureen Murphy

Rotations:

  • Kathryn Wellen
  • Maureen Murphy
  • Crystal Conn

Olivia Fish (she/her)

Olivia Fish (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Uncovering the role of mts and sqz in Frazzled-dependent axon guidance

Advisor(s):

  • Greg Bashaw

Rotations:

  • Thomas Jongens
  • Greg Bashaw
  • Bushra Raj

Carmen Flesher (she/her)

Carmen Flesher (she/her)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Understanding adipocyte progenitor cell–macrophage crosstalk and adipose tissue dynamics in obesity pathogenesis

Advisor(s):

  • David Merrick

Rotations:

  • Patrick Seale
  • David Merrick
  • Rebecca Wells

Samantha Fallacaro (she/her)

Samantha Fallacaro (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Quantifying how transcription factor hubs drive gene occupancy during development

Advisor(s):

  • Mustafa Mir

Rotations:

  • Mustafa Mir
  • Stephen Dinardo
  • Bushra Raj

Mark Dittmar (he/him)

Mark Dittmar (he/him)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Discovering antivirals against henipaviruses, a highly pathogenic genus of zoonotic paramyxoviruses

Advisor(s):

  • Sara Cherry

Rotations:

  • Audrey John
  • Sara Cherry
  • Sarah Henrickson

Rachel Erickson (she/her)

Rachel Erickson (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Optimizing a VSV-Vectored Vaccine for Machupo Virus

Advisor(s):

  • Paul Bates

Rotations:

  • Scott Hensley
  • Paul Bates
  • Laurence Eisenlohr

Abigail Daniels (she/her)

Abigail Daniels (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: A female-specific RNA binding protein is essential for Cryptosporidium lifecycle completion

Advisor(s):

  • Boris Striepen

Rotations:

  • Michael Povelones
  • Audrey John
  • Boris Striepen

Angela Corrigan (she/her)

Angela Corrigan (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

  • Michael Betts

Rotations:

  • Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen
  • Scott Hensley
  • John Wherry

Nicholas Cerda (he/him)

Nicholas Cerda (he/him)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Evaluating the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of a mucosal mRNA vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus

Advisor(s):

  • Drew Weissman
  • Hamideh Parhiz

Rotations:

  • Drew Weissman
  • Daniel Kulp
  • Hamideh Parhiz

Publications: ORCiD


Publications: ORCiD

Kelly Clark (she/her)

Kelly Clark (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: DNA methylation episignature in Bryant-Li-Bhoj Syndrome

Advisor(s):

  • Elizabeth Bhoj

Rotations:

  • Elizabeth Bhoj
  • Eric Joyce
  • Colin Conine

Dominique Brooks (she/her)

Dominique Brooks (she/her)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Therapeutic base editing and prime editing for phenylketonuria

Advisor(s):

  • Kiran Musunuru

Rotations:

  • Paul Gadue
  • Kiran Musunuru
  • Rajan Jain

Morgan Brown (she/her)

Morgan Brown (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Investigating the role of BCAA metabolism in HCC and anti-tumor immunity

Advisor(s):

  • Celeste Simon
  • Will Bailis

Rotations:

  • Vikram Paralkar
  • Celeste Simon
  • Will Bailis

Emily Aunins (she/her)

Emily Aunins (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Opposing roles for IL-12 and Interferon-gamma in regulating CD8+ T cell responses to mRNA vaccination”

Advisor(s):

  • Christopher Hunter

Rotations:

  • Igor Brodsky
  • Michael Abt
  • Christopher Hunter

Dale L. Brokaw

Dale L. Brokaw

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Interrogating the Effect of Genome Copy Number in Murine and Human Liver

Advisor(s):

  • Sydney Shaffer

Rotations:

  • Hao Wu
  • Sydney Shaffer
  • Elizabeth Heller

Miosotis Alicea-Delgado (she/her)

Miosotis Alicea-Delgado (she/her)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

  • Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez

Rotations:

  • Joe Baur
  • Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez
  • Michael Marks

Jose Arias-Umana (he/him)

Jose Arias-Umana (he/him)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

  • Evan Weber

Rotations:

  • Denise Sabatino
  • Laura Su
  • Evan Weber

Reyes Acosta (he/him)

Reyes Acosta (he/him)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

  • Daniel Claiborne

Rotations:

  • Joseph Fraietta
  • Daniel Claiborne
  • Scott Gordon

Katherine Xia

Katherine Xia

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

  • Edward Lee

Rotations:

  • Edward Lee
  • Bradley Johnson
  • Erika Holzbaur

Jack You

Jack You

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

  • George Cotsarelis

Rotations:

  • Panteleimon Rompolas
  • Thomas Leung

Erica Nguyen

Erica Nguyen

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Rotations:

  • William Peranteau
  • Michal Elovitz
  • Mark Kahn

Pavithran Ravindran

Pavithran Ravindran

Cancer Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Rotations:

  • Arjun Raj
  • Andy Minn

Orlando Arevalo (he/him)

Orlando Arevalo (he/him)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Development of therapeutic myeloid cells to produce IL-12 specifically within glioblastoma tumors

Advisor(s):

  • Saar Gill

Rotations:

  • Marco Ruella
  • Leyuan Ma
  • Saar Gill

Sanam Kavari

Sanam Kavari

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Rotations:

  • Jennifer Kalish
  • Marisa Bartolomei
  • Zoltan Arany

Alexandria Adigun

Alexandria Adigun

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Rotations:

  • Matthew Kayser
  • Mary Mullins

Alexander Post

Alexander Post

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: VMD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Unveiling Probiotic Synergies: Cross-Feeding Dynamics, Probiotic-Dairy Interactions, and Resultant Metabolites Pertinent to Early Life

Advisor(s):

  • Dipti Pitta

Rotations:

  • Stewart Anderson
  • Christoph Thaiss
  • Ernestina Schipani
  • Dipti Pitta

Raegan Petch

Raegan Petch

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: VMD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Optimizing rVSV and mRNA vaccines for tick-borne bunyaviruses

Advisor(s):

  • Paul Bates

Rotations:

  • Ronald Harty
  • Paul Bates

Carl Bannerman (he/him/his)

Carl Bannerman (he/him/his)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Regulation of Neuronal Antiviral Response

Advisor(s):

  • Kellie Jurado

Rotations:

  • Frederic Bushman
  • Kelly Jordan-Sciutto
  • Kellie Jurado

Elizabeth Gonzalez

Elizabeth Gonzalez

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Advisor(s):

  • Sharon Diskin

Rotations:

  • Elizabeth Bhoj
  • Erica Korb

genetics, epigenetics, mendelian disorders


genetics, epigenetics, mendelian disorders

Maxwell Frankfurter

Maxwell Frankfurter

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Understanding the role of STRN3 in lymphatic development

Advisor(s):

  • Mark Kahn

Rotations:

  • Mark Kahn
  • Mitchell Lazar

Robert Hapke

Robert Hapke

Cancer Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Identifying genetic perturbations to enhance CAR T persistence in solid tumors

Advisor(s):

  • Evan Weber
  • Andy Minn

Rotations:

  • Saar Gill
  • Andy Minn

Sweta Narayan

Sweta Narayan

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Angiopoietin and VEGF Signaling in Murine Spiral Artery Remodeling.

Advisor(s):

  • Mark Kahn

Rotations:

  • Kenneth Zaret
  • Mark Kahn

vascular and lymphatic development of the placenta


vascular and lymphatic development of the placenta

Paul Kaminski

Paul Kaminski

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Characterization of epigenetic modulators influencing the human beta globin locus

Advisor(s):

  • Gerd Blobel

Rotations:

  • Bradley Johnson

Blake Jardin

Blake Jardin

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Advisor(s):

  • Jonathan Epstein

Rotations:

  • Hao Wu
  • Jonathan Epstein
  • Michael Milone

cardiovascular disease/development, immune response/therapy


cardiovascular disease/development, immune response/therapy

Kenneth Pham

Kenneth Pham

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Dissecting pathogenic repeat expansions as a genetic cause of heterochromatin dysregulation

Advisor(s):

  • Jennifer Phillips-Cremins

Rotations:

  • Jennifer Phillips-Cremins
  • Katherine Uyhazi

Jesse Pace

Jesse Pace

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Role of hemodynamics and KLF2/4 in regulation of cardiac valve homeostasis

Advisor(s):

  • Mark Kahn

Rotations:

  • Gerd Blobel

Margo Orlen

Margo Orlen

Cancer Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Mechanisms of KRAS inhibition in promoting anti-tumor immunity in pancreatic cancer

Advisor(s):

  • Ben Stanger

Rotations:

  • Ben Stanger
  • Vikram Paralkar

Carson Poltorack

Carson Poltorack

Cancer Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Spatial determinants of metabolic crosstalk in the highly heterocellular PDAC tumor ecosystem

Advisor(s):

  • Sydney Shaffer
  • Celeste Simon

Rotations:

  • Celeste Simon
  • Sydney Shaffer

Daniel Yen

Daniel Yen

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Understanding the effects of inflammation on RUNX1's regulation of HSCs in Familial Platelet Disorder with associated Myeloid Malignancies

Advisor(s):

  • Nancy Speck

Rotations:

  • Wei Tong
  • Nancy Speck
  • Mitchell Lazar

Nicole Zaragoza Rodriguez (she/her)

Nicole Zaragoza Rodriguez (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Advisor(s):

  • Tzipora Sarah Karin Eisinger

Rotations:

  • Tzipora Sarah Karin Eisinger
  • Sydney Shaffer
  • Patrick Grohar
  • Hamid Bassiri

Adam Ziada (he/him)

Adam Ziada (he/him)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Effects of IL-21 receptor signaling and mitochondrial localization of STAT3 on CAR T cell metabolism and function

Advisor(s):

  • Michael Milone

Rotations:

  • Michael Milone
  • Saar Gill
  • Joseph Fraietta
  • Carl June

Taylor Yount (she/her)

Taylor Yount (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: The Kingella kingae Minor Pilins have Critical Roles in Type IV Pili-mediated Processes

Advisor(s):

  • Joseph St Geme

Rotations:

  • Joseph St Geme
  • Audrey John
  • Joseph Zackular

Haohan (Karen) Wei

Haohan (Karen) Wei

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Investigating the nociceptive neuro-immune crosstalk in lung cancer

Advisor(s):

  • Chengcheng Jin

Rotations:

  • Chengcheng Jin
  • Christoph Thaiss
  • Wenqin Luo

Joseph Yano

Joseph Yano

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Advisor(s):

  • Katherine Uyhazi

Rotations:

  • Arndt Siekmann
  • Joshua Dunaief
  • Yuanquan Song
  • Katherine Uyhazi

Qianxuan (Sean) She

Qianxuan (Sean) She

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: The impact of early life colonization and transmission of pathogens on health and disease

Advisor(s):

  • Joseph Zackular
  • Paul Planet
  • Ahmed Moustafa

Rotations:

  • Jun Zhu
  • Daniel Beiting
  • Mark Goulian

Megan Stefkovich (she/her)

Megan Stefkovich (she/her)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Insulin’s acute regulation of hepatic glucose uptake and utilization

Advisor(s):

  • Paul Titchenell

Rotations:

  • Paul Titchenell
  • Celeste Simon
  • David Merrick

May Wai (she/her)

May Wai (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Identifying Novel Regulators of Cohesin and Chromatin Folding

Advisor(s):

  • Eric Joyce

Rotations:

  • Jennifer Phillips-Cremins
  • Golnaz Vahedi
  • Eric Joyce

Madeline Merlino (she/her)

Madeline Merlino (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Immunological crosstalk of Interleukin 27 (IL-27) at the maternal-fetal interface during congenital viral infections”

Advisor(s):

  • Kellie Jurado

Rotations:

  • Frederic Bushman
  • Elizabeth White
  • Kellie Jurado

Kelsey O'Brien

Kelsey O'Brien

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Advisor(s):

  • Audrey John

Rotations:

  • Audrey John
  • Katie Barott
  • Scott Hensley

Vi Pham (she/her)

Vi Pham (she/her)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Developing ex vivo gene therapy with hematopoietic stem cell transplant for multiple sulfatase deficiency

Advisor(s):

  • Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas

Rotations:

  • Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas
  • Erica Korb
  • Beverly Davidson

Kevin Mears (he/him)

Kevin Mears (he/him)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Investigating the interactions between host immune response and Clostridioides difficile

Advisor(s):

  • Michael Abt

Rotations:

  • Michael Abt
  • De'Broski Herbert
  • Maayan Levy

Elizabeth Mercado Ayon (she/her)

Elizabeth Mercado Ayon (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Investigating Purkinje Cell Dysfunction in Friedreichs Ataxia” 

Advisor(s):

  • David Lynch

Rotations:

  • Hongjun Song
  • David Lynch

Giselle Lopez Fernandez (she/her)

Giselle Lopez Fernandez (she/her)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Enhancing the activation of Natural Killer cells by HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibodies to potentiate control of infection

Advisor(s):

  • David Weiner

Rotations:

  • Hildegund Ertl
  • David Weiner
  • Denise Sabatino

Ariana Majer (she/her)

Ariana Majer (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: The role of the nuclear scaffold protein menin in colorectal carcinogenesis

Advisor(s):

  • Bryson Katona

Rotations:

  • Celeste Simon
  • Todd Ridky
  • Bradley Johnson

Keegan Krick

Keegan Krick

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Uncovering the role of the histone-modifying enzyme SETD2 in alternative splicing

Advisor(s):

  • Kristen Lynch
  • Elizabeth Heller

Rotations:

  • John Murray
  • Elizabeth Heller
  • Kristen Lynch

Shuk Hang (Grace) Li

Shuk Hang (Grace) Li

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Advisor(s):

  • Scott Hensley

Rotations:

  • Scott Hensley
  • Daniel Kulp
  • Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen

Aradhana Kasimsetty

Aradhana Kasimsetty

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Characterizing Cellular DNA Management Pathways Disrupting AAV Genome Integrity and Efficient Transduction

Advisor(s):

  • Frederic Bushman

Rotations:

  • James Wilson
  • Carl June
  • Frederic Bushman

Orlaith Keenan (she/her)

Orlaith Keenan (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Advisor(s):

  • Joseph Zackular

Rotations:

  • Joseph Zackular
  • Joseph St Geme
  • Audrey John

Yong Hyun (Daniel) Kim

Yong Hyun (Daniel) Kim

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Host inflammation-dependent bacterial interference to prevent MRSA

Advisor(s):

  • Paul Planet

Rotations:

  • Paul Planet
  • Beatrice Hahn
  • Elizabeth White

Jillian (Jill) Eisenhauer

Jillian (Jill) Eisenhauer

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Advisor(s):

  • David Weiner

Rotations:

  • James Riley
  • David Weiner
  • Daniel Kulp

Julia Flores (she/her)

Julia Flores (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Understanding the effect of microbial localization on induction of homeostatic immune responses in the pediatric gut

Advisor(s):

  • Michael Silverman

Rotations:

  • De'Broski Herbert
  • Michael Silverman
  • Michael Abt

Sarah Gagnon

Sarah Gagnon

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Investigating Toll-7 as a novel regulator of Frazzled-dependent axon attraction.

Advisor(s):

  • Greg Bashaw

Rotations:

  • Greg Bashaw
  • Mary Mullins
  • Nicholas Plachta

Sarah Dysinger (she/her)

Sarah Dysinger (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Mapping the viral genetic determinants of Jamestown Canyon virus neurovirulence 

Advisor(s):

  • Paul Bates

Rotations:

  • Beatrice Hahn
  • Paul Bates
  • Michael Povelones

Timothy Cater

Timothy Cater

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Advisor(s):

  • Kristen Lynch

Rotations:

  • Alessandro Gardini
  • John Murray
  • Kristen Lynch

Priyanka Chatterjee (she/her)

Priyanka Chatterjee (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Cell-Cell Signaling Archaea: How Haloferax volcanii Talk to Each Other

Advisor(s):

  • Mechthild Pohlschroder

Rotations:

  • Joseph Zackular
  • Frederic Bushman
  • Mechthild Pohlschroder

Erica Brown (she/her)

Erica Brown (she/her)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Uncovering metabolic mechanisms of T cell dysfunction in ovarian cancer

Advisor(s):

  • Daniel Powell
  • Roderick O'Connor

Rotations:

  • Roderick O'Connor
  • Daniel Powell
  • Carl June

Krista Budinich (she/her)

Krista Budinich (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Understanding the role of chromatin regulators in driving oncogenic gene expression

Advisor(s):

  • Liling Wan

Rotations:

  • Vikram Paralkar
  • Liling Wan
  • Kathrin Bernt

Daniel Baker

Daniel Baker

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Developing senolytic CAR T cells for aging associated disease

Advisor(s):

  • Carl June
  • Zoltan Arany

Rotations:

  • Zoltan Arany
  • Jonathan Epstein
  • Carl June

Gabriel Birchak (he/him)

Gabriel Birchak (he/him)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Extending the Reach of Single-Copy Mammalian Artificial Chromosomes with Protein-Only Epigenetic Centromere Seeding

Advisor(s):

  • Ben Black

Rotations:

  • James Wilson
  • Beverly Davidson
  • Ben Black

Sara Alexander

Sara Alexander

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: The role of post-translational modification in E. coli detoxification-independent protection from methylglyoxal

Advisor(s):

  • Mark Goulian

Rotations:

  • Paul Planet
  • Mark Goulian
  • Paul Bates

Robin Wilder (Bailey)

Robin Wilder (Bailey)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Elucidating the role of OAT deficiency in gyrate atrophy pathogenesis

Advisor(s):

  • Katherine Uyhazi

Rotations:

  • Jennifer Kalish
  • Katherine Uyhazi
  • Hansell Stedman

Amber Abbott

Amber Abbott

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Adenoviral manipulation of arginine methylation

Advisor(s):

  • Matthew Weitzman

Rotations:

  • Michael Betts
  • Matthew Weitzman
  • Ronald Harty

Jorge Acuña (he/him)

Jorge Acuña (he/him)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Defining SARS-CoV-2 Entry in the Respiratory Epithelium

Advisor(s):

  • Sara Cherry

Rotations:

  • Paul Bates
  • Kellie Jurado
  • Sara Cherry

Katrina Estep

Katrina Estep

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Investigating a Wnt-telomere feedback loop in the colorectal adenoma-carcinoma sequence

Advisor(s):

  • Bradley Johnson

Rotations:

  • Craig Bassing
  • Roger Greenberg
  • Bradley Johnson

Beatrice Herrmann

Beatrice Herrmann

Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Advisor(s):

  • Igor Brodsky

Rotations:

  • Joseph St Geme
  • Igor Brodsky
  • Christoph Thaiss

Kay Foos

Kay Foos

Cancer Biology
Degree: VMD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Adapting tumor infiltrating lymphocyte therapy for the treatment of solid tumors in canines

Advisor(s):

  • Daniel Powell
  • Nicola Mason

Rotations:

  • Lewis Chodosh
  • Gerald Linette
  • Beatriz Carreno
  • Daniel Powell

Daniel Morris (he/him/his)

Daniel Morris (he/him/his)

Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Leveraging the SHIV-Rhesus Macaque model to study the development of HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibodies targeting the CD4-binding site

Advisor(s):

  • George Shaw

Rotations:

  • George Shaw
  • Katharine Bar
  • Michael Betts

In Young Lee

In Young Lee

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017

Project Title: Elucidating the mechanism for GPER-induced inhibition of leukemia

Advisor(s):

  • Todd Ridky

Rotations:

  • David Feldser
  • Todd Ridky
  • Gerald Linette

Bailey Nance (she/her/hers)

Bailey Nance (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Investigating the catalytic role and interactome of fructose-1,6,-bisphosphatase 2 in sarcoma

Advisor(s):

  • Celeste Simon

Rotations:

  • Celeste Simon
  • Terrance Gade
  • Liming Pei

Michael Noji (he/him/his)

Michael Noji (he/him/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Pancreatic branched-chain amino acid metabolism restrains pancreatic cancer initiation

Advisor(s):

  • Kathryn Wellen
  • Zoltan Arany

Rotations:

  • Zachary Schug
  • Kathryn Wellen
  • Zoltan Arany

Aishwarya Pawar

Aishwarya Pawar

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Advisor(s):

  • Vikram Paralkar

Rotations:

  • Margaret Chou
  • Vikram Paralkar
  • Paul Lieberman

Nicholas Aboreden

Nicholas Aboreden

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Investigating the interplay between chromatin architecture and transcription through the study of Ldb1

Advisor(s):

  • Gerd Blobel

Rotations:

  • Junwei Shi
  • Gerd Blobel
  • Alessandro Gardini

Nicholas Bolden

Nicholas Bolden

Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: In-host adaptation of nontuberculous mycobacteria during cystic fibrosis chronic lung infection

Advisor(s):

  • Paul Planet

Rotations:

  • Paula Oliver
  • Mark Goulian
  • Paul Planet

Ricky Brathwaite (he/him/his)

Ricky Brathwaite (he/him/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Advisor(s):

  • Todd Ridky

Rotations:

  • Lewis Chodosh
  • Todd Ridky
  • George Burslem

Maria Carrera

Maria Carrera

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Advisor(s):

  • Andres Blanco

Rotations:

  • Montserrat Anguera
  • Andres Blanco
  • Brian Capell

Stephen Carro

Stephen Carro

Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Structural and functional characterization of a conserved orthopoxvirus virulence factor that inhibits both innate and adaptive arms of the immune response

Advisor(s):

  • Laurence Eisenlohr

Rotations:

  • Laurence Eisenlohr
  • Sara Cherry
  • Boris Striepen

Kyabeth Torres-Rodriguez

Kyabeth Torres-Rodriguez

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Determining the role of the MYCN oncogene in evasion of CD8+ T cell responses in neuroblastoma

Advisor(s):

  • Michael Betts
  • John Maris

Rotations:

  • John Maris
  • Michael Betts
  • Joseph Fraietta

Nathan Coffey

Nathan Coffey

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Investigating the role of branched-chain amino acid metabolism in clear cell renal cell carcinoma tumorigenesis

Advisor(s):

  • Zoltan Arany
  • Celeste Simon

Rotations:

  • Katalin Susztak
  • Zoltan Arany
  • Celeste Simon
  • Gregory Beatty

Patricia Colosi (they/them/theirs)

Patricia Colosi (they/them/theirs)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Advisor(s):

  • Melike Lakadamyali

Rotations:

  • Meera Sundaram
  • Melike Lakadamyali
  • Tatyana Svitkina

Perry Demsko

Perry Demsko

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Inducible deletion of Codanin-1 results in a bone marrow failure phenotype that can be rescued via lentiviral gene therapy

Advisor(s):

  • Stefano Rivella

Rotations:

  • Michael Milone
  • Saar Gill
  • Stefano Rivella

Katherine Doerig

Katherine Doerig

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Advisor(s):

  • David Feldser

Rotations:

  • David Feldser
  • Maureen Murphy
  • Lewis Chodosh

Ethan Fein (he/him)

Ethan Fein (he/him)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Mechanisms Underlying the Embryonic Development of Brown Adipose Tissue

Advisor(s):

  • Patrick Seale

Rotations:

  • Patrick Seale
  • Zoltan Arany
  • David Merrick

Brian Franklin (he/him)

Brian Franklin (he/him)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Advisor(s):

  • Jennifer Phillips-Cremins

Rotations:

  • Jennifer Phillips-Cremins
  • Ophir Shalem

Zachary Gardner (he/him)

Zachary Gardner (he/him)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Investigating the role of genome folding in cell-state transitions

Advisor(s):

  • Rajan Jain

Rotations:

  • Bradley Johnson
  • Rajan Jain

Amy Gladstein

Amy Gladstein

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Advisor(s):

  • David Feldser

Rotations:

  • Brian Capell
  • Nancy Bonini
  • David Feldser

Brian Goldspiel (he/him)

Brian Goldspiel (he/him)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Understanding how Amino Acids Control Host Immune Responses to Legionella pneumophila

Advisor(s):

  • Will Bailis

Rotations:

  • Carolina Lopez
  • Will Bailis
  • Sunny Shin

Rumi Habib

Rumi Habib

Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Molecular analysis of Env-Ab coevolution leading to novel immunogen designs to elicit V2 apex broadly neutralizing HIV-1 antibodies

Advisor(s):

  • Daniel Kulp
  • George Shaw

Rotations:

  • Daniel Kulp
  • George Shaw
  • Scott Hensley

Kevin Hernandez

Kevin Hernandez

Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Determining mechanisms of immune evasion by Kingella kingae and identifying targets for protection from invasive disease

Advisor(s):

  • Joseph St Geme

Rotations:

  • Scott Hensley
  • Joseph Zackular
  • Joseph St Geme

Caitlin Hopkins

Caitlin Hopkins

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Epigenetic mechanisms of T-cell fate determination and function

Advisor(s):

  • Joseph Fraietta

Rotations:

  • Hamid Bassiri
  • Hansell Stedman
  • Joseph Fraietta

Valerie Irizarry-Negron

Valerie Irizarry-Negron

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Understanding the role of histone methylation in lung adenocarcinoma

Advisor(s):

  • Tzipora Sarah Karin Eisinger
  • Ellen Puré

Rotations:

  • Dmitry Gabrilovich
  • Ben Stanger
  • Chengcheng Jin

Yanqing (Christine) Jiang

Yanqing (Christine) Jiang

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Investigating ER stress responses in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma under lipid imbalance

Advisor(s):

  • Celeste Simon

Rotations:

  • Celeste Simon
  • Ben Stanger
  • Liling Wan

Benjamin Kahn

Benjamin Kahn

Cancer Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: The lymph node is an intrinsically tolerant destination for metastasizing cancer cells 

Advisor(s):

  • Ben Stanger

Rotations:

  • Ben Stanger
  • Klaus Kaestner
  • Christopher Lengner

Andrew Katznelson

Andrew Katznelson

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Assessing pioneer transcription factor targeting to distinct forms of silent chromatin

Advisor(s):

  • Kenneth Zaret

Rotations:

  • Gerd Blobel
  • Kenneth Zaret
  • Melike Lakadamyali

Melissa Kim

Melissa Kim

Developmental, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Investigating the role of telomere failure on intestinal stem cell niche function

Advisor(s):

  • Christopher Lengner
  • Bradley Johnson

Rotations:

  • Panteleimon Rompolas
  • Andrew Vaughan
  • Christopher Lengner

Max Klapholz

Max Klapholz

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Interferon signaling and T cell phenotypes during cancer and infection

Advisor(s):

  • Andy Minn
  • John Wherry

Rotations:

  • Andy Minn
  • Maayan Levy
  • John Wherry

Napasorn (Nina) Kuprasertkul (she/her)

Napasorn (Nina) Kuprasertkul (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Investigating epigenetic-metabolic interplay in epidermal homeostasis

Advisor(s):

  • Brian Capell

Rotations:

  • Roger Greenberg
  • Liling Wan
  • Brian Capell

Sean Louzon

Sean Louzon

Cell Biology, Physiology and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Investigating the age and cell type dependent role of histone variant H2BE in the brain

Advisor(s):

  • Erica Korb

Rotations:

  • Jennifer Phillips-Cremins
  • James Shorter
  • Erica Korb

Katherine Labella

Katherine Labella

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Development of Accurate Models for NF1-Associated High Grade Glioma

Rotations:

  • Thomas DeRaedt
  • Yael Mosse
  • Celeste Simon

Amanda Lee

Amanda Lee

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Advisor(s):

  • Peter Choi

Rotations:

  • Andy Minn
  • Marco Ruella
  • Peter Choi

Claudia Lovell (she/her/hers)

Claudia Lovell (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Xist Deletion in B Cells Results in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Phenotypes

Advisor(s):

  • Montserrat Anguera

Rotations:

  • Kathryn Wellen
  • Montserrat Anguera

Kurtis McCannell

Kurtis McCannell

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: PTBP1 Is a Novel Dependency in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Advisor(s):

  • Junwei Shi

Rotations:

  • Mia Levine
  • Alessandro Gardini
  • Junwei Shi
  • Michael Lampson

Lydia Mendoza (she/her/hers)

Lydia Mendoza (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Advisor(s):

  • Scott Hensley

Rotations:

  • Scott Hensley
  • Matthew Weitzman
  • Daniel Beiting

Erick Mitchell-Velasquez (he/him/his)

Erick Mitchell-Velasquez (he/him/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: NNMT Rewires Chromatin Methylation and mTOR Signaling to Suppress Prostate Cancer Progression

Advisor(s):

  • Irfan Asangani

Rotations:

  • Maureen Murphy
  • Malay Haldar
  • Peter Choi
  • Irfan Asangani

Catriana Nations

Catriana Nations

Developmental, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: An iPSC model of TAR Syndrome links aberrant splicing to impaired megakaryopoiesis

Advisor(s):

  • Paul Gadue

Rotations:

  • Paul Gadue
  • Stewart Anderson
  • Stella Chou

Raymond Ng (he/him)

Raymond Ng (he/him)

Cancer Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Investigating the role of tumor transcriptional variability in immune evasion in melanoma

Advisor(s):

  • Sydney Shaffer

Rotations:

  • Andy Minn
  • Sydney Shaffer

Jayme Nordin

Jayme Nordin

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Epigenetic regulation of the latent HIV reservoir during antiretroviral therapy.

Advisor(s):

  • Michael Betts

Rotations:

  • Zhaolan Zhou
  • Lewis Chodosh
  • Montserrat Anguera

Keenan O'Dea

Keenan O'Dea

Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: CD40 is required for the development of Cryptosporidium-specific T cell responses.

Advisor(s):

  • Christopher Hunter

Rotations:

  • Sunny Shin
  • Christopher Hunter
  • Joseph Zackular

Yohaniz Ortega-Burgos

Yohaniz Ortega-Burgos

Developmental, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: SOCS proteins work with Cul5 to regulate neuroinflammation

Advisor(s):

  • Paula Oliver
  • Frederick Christian Bennett

Rotations:

  • Elizabeth Bhoj
  • Paula Oliver
  • Kelly Jordan-Sciutto

Stefan Peterson (he/him/his)

Stefan Peterson (he/him/his)

Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Advisor(s):

  • Igor Brodsky

Rotations:

  • Maayan Levy
  • Igor Brodsky
  • Sara Cherry

Jessica Brandt

Jessica Brandt

Developmental, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Mechanisms of early axonal pathfinding in the olfactory system of larval zebrafish

Advisor(s):

  • Jonathan Raper

Rotations:

  • Sandra Maday
  • Arndt Siekmann
  • Michael Granato

Jacqueline Plesset

Jacqueline Plesset

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: A Role for TLR2 in Regulating Immune Surveillance in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Advisor(s):

  • Gregory Beatty

Rotations:

  • Ben Stanger
  • Celeste Simon
  • Gregory Beatty

Elana Pyfrom (she/her/hers)

Elana Pyfrom (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Determining the Role of Sleep in Brain Lipid Homeostasis

Advisor(s):

  • Amita Sehgal

Rotations:

  • Marisa Bartolomei
  • Greg Bashaw
  • Amita Sehgal

Brianne Roper

Brianne Roper

Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: To Study the Molecular Mechanisms Involved in the Malaria Parasite’s Ability to Survive Host Febrile Temperatures

Advisor(s):

  • Audrey John

Rotations:

  • Harvey Friedman
  • Audrey John
  • Paul Bates

Siera Rosen

Siera Rosen

Developmental, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Investigating the role of E3 Ubiquitin Ligase, Cullin 5, in hematopoietic stem cell maintenance and differentiation

Advisor(s):

  • Paula Oliver

Rotations:

  • Edward Morrisey
  • Alex Hughes
  • Paula Oliver

Yue (Claire) Shao

Yue (Claire) Shao

Cell Biology, Physiology and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Identifying Mechanisms of Acquired Immune Checkpoint Blockade Using Genome-wide Cas12 Screening

Advisor(s):

  • Andy Minn

Rotations:

  • Joshua Dunaief
  • Andy Minn
  • Roger Greenberg

Prateek Sharma

Prateek Sharma

Cancer Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Advisor(s):

  • Kathryn Wellen
  • Christoph Thaiss

Rotations:

  • Christoph Thaiss
  • Ben Stanger
  • Kathryn Wellen

Emily Shea

Emily Shea

Cancer Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Advisor(s):

  • Lewis Chodosh

Rotations:

  • Lewis Chodosh
  • Sydney Shaffer

Maya Hale (she/her/hers)

Maya Hale (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Ndfip1/2 and HECT E3 Ubiquitin Ligases Coordinate Axon Guidance in the Embryonic Mammalian Spinal Cord

Advisor(s):

  • Greg Bashaw

Rotations:

  • Mary Mullins
  • Zhaolan Zhou
  • Greg Bashaw

Kaitlyn Shen (she/her)

Kaitlyn Shen (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Deciphering the role of cytoskeletal-nuclear interactions in peripheral chromatin organization

Advisor(s):

  • Rajan Jain

Rotations:

  • Elizabeth Bhoj
  • Rajan Jain
  • Elizabeth Heller

Chelsea Thorsheim

Chelsea Thorsheim

Cell Biology, Physiology and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Investigating folliculin as a regulator of VLDL-TAG secretion in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and steatohepatitis

Advisor(s):

  • Zoltan Arany

Rotations:

  • Zoltan Arany
  • Vikram Paralkar
  • Paul Titchenell

William Jones

William Jones

Developmental, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: A New Mechanism of Dorsal Axial Organizer Repression by Integrator Complex Subunit 6

Advisor(s):

  • Mary Mullins

Rotations:

  • Mary Mullins
  • Peter Klein
  • Marisa Bartolomei

Nikita Vantsev

Nikita Vantsev

Developmental, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Investigating the role of signaling adapter protein LNK in metabolic pathways of Hematopoietic Stem Cells

Advisor(s):

  • Wei Tong

Rotations:

  • Wei Tong
  • Peter Klein
  • Rugang Zhang

Maria Vogel

Maria Vogel

Cell Biology, Physiology and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Investigating astrocytic regulation of autophagy-lysosomal pathway in neurons

Advisor(s):

  • Sandra Maday

Rotations:

  • Benjamin Prosser
  • Sandra Maday
  • Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas

Patrick Walsh

Patrick Walsh

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Genome-wide HiDRO screen identifies an RNA-binding network of proteins important for the positioning of chromatin at the nuclear periphery

Advisor(s):

  • Eric Joyce

Rotations:

  • Eric Joyce
  • Golnaz Vahedi
  • Ophir Shalem

Amanda Weiss

Amanda Weiss

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Elucidating the role and regulation of alternative splicing events in a human neuronal differentiation model

Advisor(s):

  • Peter Choi

Rotations:

  • Kavitha Sarma
  • Naiara Aquizu Lopez
  • Jeremy Wilusz

Joanna Wong

Joanna Wong

Developmental, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Dynamic behavior and lineage plasticity of the pulmonary venous endothelium

Advisor(s):

  • Andrew Vaughan

Rotations:

  • Andrew Vaughan
  • Patrick Seale
  • David Frank

Alexandra Zezulin

Alexandra Zezulin

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017

Advisor(s):

  • Nancy Speck

Rotations:

  • Stefano Rivella
  • Nancy Speck

Jingru Zhao

Jingru Zhao

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Oncogenic Regulatory Elements of SOX9 Promote Breast Cancer Oncogenesis

Advisor(s):

  • Robert Faryabi

Rotations:

  • Katharine Bar
  • Maayan Levy

David Sidibe

David Sidibe

Developmental, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Defining cell-type specific functions for the autophagy receptor p62 in neurons and astrocytes

Advisor(s):

  • Sandra Maday

Rotations:

  • Kelvin Luk
  • Isaac Chen
  • Sandra Maday

Kelly Sullivan

Kelly Sullivan

Developmental, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2016

Advisor(s):

  • Greg Bashaw

Rotations:

  • Wenqin Luo
  • Mary Mullins
  • Greg Bashaw

Kimberly Apodaca

Kimberly Apodaca

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Determining the histocompatibility barriers between universal CAR T (UCART) cells and NK cells

Advisor(s):

  • Beatriz Carreno
  • Gerald Linette

Rotations:

  • Katharine Bar
  • Jan Melenhorst
  • Gerald Linette
  • Beatriz Carreno

Julia Han Noll (she/her/hers)

Julia Han Noll (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Deciphering the Impact of Immunological Aging in CLL CAR T cell Therapy

Advisor(s):

  • Joseph Fraietta

Rotations:

  • Michael Milone
  • Joseph Fraietta
  • James Riley

Joangela Nouel

Joangela Nouel

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Defining the role of interactions between high-risk HPV E7s and cellular proteins in HPV-mediated carcinogenesis

Advisor(s):

  • Elizabeth White

Rotations:

  • Paul Bates
  • Drew Weissman
  • Elizabeth White

Niklaus Evitt (he/him/his)

Niklaus Evitt (he/him/his)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2016

Project Title: Multiplexing CRISPR/Cas9-based Continuous Evolution for Improved Epigenome Editing

Advisor(s):

  • Junwei Shi
  • Rahul Kohli

Rotations:

  • Kiran Musunuru
  • Rahul Kohli
  • Junwei Shi

Ashley Karnay

Ashley Karnay

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Deciphering the Molecular Orchestrators of Heterochromatin-Lamina Interactions at the Nuclear Periphery

Advisor(s):

  • Rajan Jain

Rotations:

  • Rajan Jain
  • Andres Blanco
  • Eric Joyce

Emily O'Driscoll

Emily O'Driscoll

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017

Project Title: Investigating Proteolytic Cleavage Events Using Genome-Wide CRISPR/Cas9 Knockout Screens

Advisor(s):

  • Ophir Shalem

Rotations:

  • Ophir Shalem
  • Nancy Bonini
  • Edward Lee

Sarah Offley (she/her/hers)

Sarah Offley (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Investigating the mechanism of RNA Polymerase II regulation by Phosphoprotein Phosphatase 2A

Advisor(s):

  • Alessandro Gardini

Rotations:

  • Alessandro Gardini
  • John Murray
  • Shawn Little

Alexis Oguh

Alexis Oguh

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2016

Advisor(s):

  • Doris Stoffers

Rotations:

  • Zhaolan Zhou
  • Doris Stoffers
  • Ophir Shalem

Gina Pacella

Gina Pacella

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Utx mediates retinoic acid dependent differentiation and homeostasis in the epithelium

Advisor(s):

  • Brian Capell

Rotations:

  • Brian Capell
  • Golnaz Vahedi
  • Elizabeth Heller

Wenchao Qian

Wenchao Qian

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017

Project Title: Spatial Patterning of Genome Activation is Required for Vertebrate Early Development

Advisor(s):

  • Matthew Good

Rotations:

  • Hao Wu
  • Kenneth Zaret
  • Gerd Blobel
  • Melike Lakadamyali

Natalie Toothacre

Natalie Toothacre

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Investigating the Epigenetic Landscape of the Inactive X Chromosome during Dynamic XCI Maintenance

Advisor(s):

  • Montserrat Anguera

Rotations:

  • Montserrat Anguera
  • Marisa Bartolomei
  • Irfan Asangani

Brandon Wenz

Brandon Wenz

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017

Project Title: Genetic and epigenetic fine mapping of complex human traits

Advisor(s):

  • Christopher Brown

Rotations:

  • Christopher Brown
  • Raymond Soccio
  • Zhaolan Zhou

Keren Adler

Keren Adler

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Advisor(s):

  • David Feldser

Rotations:

  • Sandra Ryeom
  • Ben Stanger
  • David Feldser

Brian Benz

Brian Benz

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: The role of Pten in delaying breast cancer recurrence through regulation of dormancy

Advisor(s):

  • Lewis Chodosh

Rotations:

  • Wei Tong
  • Todd Ridky
  • Lewis Chodosh

James Gesualdi

James Gesualdi

Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017

Project Title: Pro-inflammatory cytokine signaling between astrocytes and microglia during HIV infection

Advisor(s):

  • Kelly Jordan-Sciutto

Rotations:

  • Jorge Alvarez
  • Paul Lieberman
  • Katharine Bar

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